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    It is not the case that As Suppes and Winsberg have argued, mathematical models and their target systems inhabit distinct ontological domains, requiring explicit correspondence rules to bridge them.

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    • 1.The distinction between 'mathematical domain' and 'physical domain' may be epistemological rather than ontological—a difference in how we know, not what exists.
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    • 2.Physical systems themselves may be partially mathematical in structure; if so, no bridging rules are needed, only accurate descriptions of shared properties.
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    • 3.Appeals to correspondence rules risk infinite regress: rules themselves are abstract entities requiring their own rules to connect to reality.
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    • 1.Mathematical objects (infinities, perfect circles) have no physical instantiation, so models cannot directly represent physical systems without interpretation rules.
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    • 2.Successful applications of models across different domains (physics to biology) suggest models operate in an abstract space distinct from specific physical systems.
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    • 3.Without explicit correspondence rules, we cannot determine which mathematical features are physically significant versus merely computational conveniences.
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