Multiple models, one explanation

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Journal of Economic Methodology 28 (2):186-206 (2021)
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We develop an account of how mutually inconsistent models of the same target system can provide coherent information about the system. Our account makes use of ideas from the debate surrounding rob...

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Johannes Korbmacher
Utrecht University
Chiara Lisciandra
Tilburg University

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