John von Neumann — "The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they main…"

The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant a mathematical construct which, with the addition of some verbal interpretations, describes observed phenomena. The justification of such a mathematical construct is solely and precisely that it is expected to work.
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From his essay 'Method in the Physical Sciences'.

Date: 1955

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