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    It is not the case that Weisberg and Muldoon's epistemic landscape ABMs have been shown to produce divergent results under minor parameter changes, undermining their claim to greater representational fidelity.

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    • 1.Parameter sensitivity itself is theoretically informative, revealing which factors actually drive epistemic dynamics.
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    • 2.Real scientific communities exhibit sensitivity to institutional conditions; models replicating this aren't undermined but validated.
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    • 3.Representational fidelity requires capturing actual systems' behavior, including their instability, not achieving artificial stability.
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    • 1.Sensitivity to parameter changes is empirically documented in published replications of their models.
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    • 2.If results diverge under minor changes, the model cannot reliably represent the target phenomenon across its natural variation.
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    • 3.ABMs claiming fidelity should maintain qualitative robustness unless parameters reflect meaningful real-world differences.
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