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 Originally Posted by Poopadoop
What do you mean by 'models reality'? The maths doesn't model anything. It's the people applying it that are doing the modeling.
(There is a related philosophical question about whether scientific models are meant to approximate the truth or capture it, but don't think that's what you meant.)
I mean something along these lines: the equation 2 + 2 = 4 is a mathematical framework that models reality, like, say, when we have 2 and 2 apples. Regardless, the terminology I chose might not be appropriate. Perhaps what I mean to say is that mathematics provides a framework with which reality can be coherently described.
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