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Models are better than their theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2002

Rolf Kötter
Rolf Kötter
Affiliation:
C. & O. Vogt Brain Research Institute and Institute of Anatomy II, Heinrich Heine University, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany rk@hirn.uni-duesseldorf.de http://www.hirn.uni-duesseldorf.de/rk
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Abstract

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As modelling becomes a popular approach in the study of biological systems it is necessary to clarify its concepts and dimensions. This helps to characterize and to distinguish models but cannot establish their quality. The virtue of a model depends on the insight gained in respect to a specific scientific question, and it is hard to measure this with a theory.

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Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 6 , December 2001 , pp. 1064
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press