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It would no doubt be a gross exaggeration to say that the term ‘model’ is always used in a clear and consistent fashion by scientists and philosophers.1 However, there seems to be some agreement on the following minimum requirement: X is a model of Y, only if X and Y have the same or a similar structure.2
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Hermerén, G. (1974). Models. In: Stenlund, S., Henschen-Dahlquist, AM., Lindahl, L., Nordenfelt, L., Odelstad, J. (eds) Logical Theory and Semantic Analysis. Synthese Library, vol 63. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2191-3_15
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