Constructor Theory: A Theory of Principles

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As constructor theory is developed, we should expect new principles to emerge that would never have been conceivable beforehand. How could such a meta-theory such a coherent set of principles ever be testable? We know how an object-level theory is tested - by comparing recorded data against what it predicts the data should be. What if the data and the prediction don't match? It's not quite as straightforward as it might seem.

We discuss the difference between laws versus principles as elucidated by constructor theory, and why it matters. Constructor theory may be thought of as a 'theory of theories' whose principles constrain other theories. Just as these subsidiary, object-level theories constrain the behavior of physical phenomena, so too constructor theory, as a meta-level theory, constrains the behavior of object-level theories both known and unknown. Constructor theoretic principles can also constrain and solve problems with theories that explain inherently unpredictable phenomena, such as those of biology, economics, and epistemology.

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Constructor Theory of Life - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1407.0681.pdf

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