Here’s a speculative correspondence that I hope might eventually have some applicability somewhere.
I view some of this as reflecting the difference between criminology and crime science. From what I understand criminology focuses more on the individual, using sociology, psychology, etc; it seems inherently internal, looking for deeper answers to why people commit crime. Crime science instead focuses more on a practical, “surface-level” approach, using a combination of empirical techniques to predict and prevent crime.
To my mind mech-interp seems more the former, and prosaic interp more the latter.
Here’s a reference in case anyone’s interested. Curious to hear if anyone has thought about this before of has any takes.
Here’s a speculative correspondence that I hope might eventually have some applicability somewhere.
I view some of this as reflecting the difference between criminology and crime science. From what I understand criminology focuses more on the individual, using sociology, psychology, etc; it seems inherently internal, looking for deeper answers to why people commit crime. Crime science instead focuses more on a practical, “surface-level” approach, using a combination of empirical techniques to predict and prevent crime.
To my mind mech-interp seems more the former, and prosaic interp more the latter.
Here’s a reference in case anyone’s interested. Curious to hear if anyone has thought about this before of has any takes.