Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Neumann, John von , Method in the Physical Sciences, The Unity of Knowledge, Retrieved on 2012-06-11
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    11 JUN 2012

     At Best Science Can Only Model

    The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant a mathematical construct which, with the addition of certain verbal interpretations, describes observed phenomena. The justification of such a mathematical construct is solely and precisely that it is expected to work—that is, correctly to describe phenomena from a reasonably wide area.
    Folksonomies: reality modeling
    Folksonomies: reality modeling
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    And work on improving those models.

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