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{{g}}:“It is a fixed (enough) arrangement of components, or factors, with stable (enough) capacities that in the right sort of stable (enough) environment will, with repeated operation, give rise to the kind of regular behavior that we represent in our scientific laws” <ref>{{author|Nancy Cartwright}}. {{br|The Dappled World – A Study of the Boundaries of Science}}. (Cambridge University Press, 1999)</ref>
{{essay|design|Nomological machine|}}:“It is a fixed (enough) arrangement of components, or factors, with stable (enough) capacities that in the right sort of stable (enough) environment will, with repeated operation, give rise to the kind of regular behavior that we represent in our scientific laws” <ref>{{author|Nancy Cartwright}}. {{br|The Dappled World – A Study of the Boundaries of Science}}. (Cambridge University Press, 1999)</ref>


I think this is fancy way of saying it’s a [[model]]. So, for example take [[Newton’s laws of motion|Newton’s second law of motion]], which describes the relationship between an object's mass and the amount of force needed to accelerate it.  
I think this is fancy way of saying it’s a [[model]]. So, for example take [[Newton’s laws of motion|Newton’s second law of motion]], which describes the relationship between an object's mass and the amount of force needed to accelerate it.  
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