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Fallible Animals Episode 9: Laws vs. Principles
Fallible Animals
The Use of Constructor Theory in Providing Principles That Constrain the Behavior of Object Level Theories
A theory is only ever refuted, or falsified, when we have a rival theory that survives the crucial experiment. Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection and Popper's theory of critical rationalism come to mind. I've been arguing for the usefulness of constructive theory in providing principles that constrain the behavior of object level theories That themselves can be written in mathematical languages. Classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, general relativity are typically summarized by a few tagline equations. These equations should always be accompanied by verbal explanations of why they hold.
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