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SUMMARY:Justifying Distortion: How Biologists Use Idealized Models to Expla
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LOCATION:Biology 136
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DTSTART:20231206T160000
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Description:In this talk\, I use examples from biology to argue against var
 ious attempts to justify idealizations by showing that they are harmless d
 istortions of irrelevant features. In response\, I argue that idealized mo
 dels ought to be characterized as holistically (i.e.\, pervasively) distor
 ted representations. I then suggest that the use of biological models can 
 be justified by universality. 4:00 pm
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