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I am grateful to Shereen Chang, Devin Curry, Louise Daoust, Alkistis Elliott-Graves, Karen Kovaka, Dave McCandlish, Emily Parke, and Carlos Santana for a very stimulating discussion about the symposium papers and about what I might say in response.
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Weisberg, M. Biology and Philosophy symposium on Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World . Biol Philos 30, 299–310 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-015-9475-1
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