tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091991448412546705.post752596908964522967..comments2024-02-17T04:20:49.446-05:00Comments on Minding the Brain: Models are experimentsDan Mirmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09484166723075799719noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091991448412546705.post-78301767733964595262013-09-26T10:11:55.281-04:002013-09-26T10:11:55.281-04:00Excellent post, this is essentially the credit/bla...Excellent post, this is essentially the credit/blame assignment problem discussed in McCloskey (1991), and a good thing to be reminded of. Since the word "model" means different things to different researchers sometimes it's simplest to refer to "theories" and "simulations" (which have less fuzzy definitions) and leave the ambiguities of "model" out entirely!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18225020136739240001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091991448412546705.post-115360644413840922013-06-21T16:50:42.859-04:002013-06-21T16:50:42.859-04:00Thanks for your comment. In this case, by "mo...Thanks for your comment. In this case, by "model" I mean an implemented computational model that can be tested by simulation (experiment), so I think we agree.Dan Mirmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09484166723075799719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091991448412546705.post-55457862119209637362013-06-21T15:42:53.756-04:002013-06-21T15:42:53.756-04:00Largely agree. Except on semantics (which is just ...Largely agree. Except on semantics (which is just that): I think of a model as a theoretical construct, but running it by simulation as an experiment.<br />Bjørn Østmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08859177313382114917noreply@blogger.com