Mathematical Modeling in Biology: Philosophy and Pragmatics
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uniFication Unification involves the integration and synthesis of disparate types of evidence and models. For instance, Darwin unified hybridization, developmental, paleontological, and biogeographical data under a single theory. in mathematical modeling, unification often entails embedding – a subsumption relation allowing for the unification of (i) various mathematical theories/ models and (ii) the data pertinent to those theories/models (Friedman, 1983; van Fraassen, 1989).
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