Fun post! I’m not sure I agree with the model theory connection. Good physical theories often allow for counterfactuals—which, as the name implies, are not factual. This makes them much more general objects than if they were required to only make good predictions about the real world.
Fun post! I’m not sure I agree with the model theory connection. Good physical theories often allow for counterfactuals—which, as the name implies, are not factual. This makes them much more general objects than if they were required to only make good predictions about the real world.
Thank you! (:
Very interesting point, I didn’t know that. Do you know (/have a reference that explains) how those counterfactuals are evaluated then?