PHI 30 Lecture 2: PHI 10:1 2.7-2.9
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Agreement counts only when such agreement would have been very unlikely if the hypothesis were clearly false: we can have good evidence that the model in question is the best fitting among all plausible alternatives. Real world: identify the aspect of the real world that is the focus of study in the episode at hand: step 2. Model: identify a theoretical model whose fit with the real world: step 3. Prediction: identify a prediction, based on the model and experimental: step 4. Data: identify the data that have actually been obtained by observation. Describe the model setup identified. or experimentation: step 5. Do the data agree with the prediction: step 6. When the data and the prediction disagree: step 3 and 5 of the program are particularly relevant to this case, case 2. If the data and prediction agree: the program directs you to step 6, case 3.
