Concerns with confusing the map with the territory) are extensively discussed on this forum. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, is it not instrumentalism?
The difference is whether you believe that even though it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it could be in fact a well-designed mechanical emulation of a duck indistinguishable from an organic duck, and then prefer the former model, because Occam’s razor!
Occam’s razor is a strategy for being a more effective instrumentalist. It may or may not be elevated to some other status, but this is at least one powerful draw that it has. Do not infer robot ducks when regular ducks will do, do not waste your efforts (instrumentality!) designing for robot ducks when your only evidence so far (razor) is ducks. Or ven more compactly in your belief: whether these ducks are “real” or “emulations,” only design for what you actually know about these ducks, not for something that takes a lot of untested message to presume about the ducks.
Do not spend a lot of time filling in the details of unreachable lands on your map.
Concerns with confusing the map with the territory) are extensively discussed on this forum. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, is it not instrumentalism?
The difference is whether you believe that even though it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it could be in fact a well-designed mechanical emulation of a duck indistinguishable from an organic duck, and then prefer the former model, because Occam’s razor!
Occam’s razor is a strategy for being a more effective instrumentalist. It may or may not be elevated to some other status, but this is at least one powerful draw that it has. Do not infer robot ducks when regular ducks will do, do not waste your efforts (instrumentality!) designing for robot ducks when your only evidence so far (razor) is ducks. Or ven more compactly in your belief: whether these ducks are “real” or “emulations,” only design for what you actually know about these ducks, not for something that takes a lot of untested message to presume about the ducks.
Do not spend a lot of time filling in the details of unreachable lands on your map.
Yep. Also, do not argue which of the many identical maps is better.