@misc{Lexicon of Arguments,
title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024},
author = {Cartwright,Nancy},
subject = {Distribution Function},
note = {I 156
Distribution function/Probability distribution/Cartwright: There is not real.
False: "which p.f. is in this room?".
Correct: it only exists in the model.
That is, in real space, the vectors do not exist. >Models, >Reality.
Another problem: the "billiard" model is true for simple, but not for complex situations.
Analogy/Billard/Sellars: takes place at a higher level.
The relations between the properties are analogous, not the features themselves - E.g. laser and oscillator have no characteristics in common. - ((s) Even though the behavior described in part by the same equations.)
CartwrightVsSellars: the generality and validity without exception is only an illusion. >Generality.},
note = { Car I N. Cartwright How the laws of physics lie Oxford New York 1983 CartwrightR I R. Cartwright A Neglected Theory of Truth. Philosophical Essays, Cambridge/MA pp. 71-93 In Theories of Truth, Paul Horwich, Aldershot 1994 CartwrightR II R. Cartwright Ontology and the theory of meaning Chicago 1954
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