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I would like to thank Martin Zach for helpful comments and the organization of the workshop.

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This work was supported by the grant “Formal Epistemology: Future Synthesis”, in the framework of the program Praemium Academicum of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

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Filomeno, A. The Relation Between Scientific Models and Their Targets: Report on the “Representation in Science” Workshop. J Gen Philos Sci 50, 307–310 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-019-09457-7

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