On 2011-02-12 18:48, Paul Cockshott wrote:
> Howard's point is that 'models' of fairys are models of imaginary entities, he implied that the same applied to phlogiston.
Seems like I misread Howard's point. I should have written 'the
phlogiston theory of combustion' to start with since it is combustion
that is the observed process that the theory attempts to explain.
//Dave Z
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