Lexicon of Arguments

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I 191
Definition/Weizenbaum: Operational definitions of the concepts of a theory form the basis for the planning of experiments and the discovery of general laws. However, these laws can then serve as implicit definitions of the terms that appear in them.
>Operational definition, >Experiments, >Laws, >Theories,
>Planning, >Concepts.
I 192
Theories/Definitions/Abraham Kaplan: Problem: it is not possible to define the content of an individual concept within a sufficiently substantial theory without simultaneously making a statement about the truth of the whole theory (Abraham Kaplan 1964(1)).
Computer model/Weizenbaum: this fact is of great importance for the assessment of computer models of complex phenomena.
>Computer model .

1. Abraham Kaplan, The Conduct of Inquiry, San Franzisco, 1964, p. 57.

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