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    Supports→Many models in science are both logical and representational models simultaneously.

    Newton's model is a representational model because it represents the real sun and earth.

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    It is important to keep the notions of a logical and a representational model separate (Thomson-Jones 2006): these are distinct concepts. Something can be a logical model without being a representational model, and vice versa. This, however, does not mean that something cannot be a model in both senses at once. In fact, as Hesse (1967) points out, many models in science are both logical and representational models. Newton’s model of planetary motion is a case in point: the model, consisting of t

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