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Philosophy Of Science

Theories, laws, and models are textual and depends on the area.

Ohm's Law is the fundamental equation in electrical engineering.

V = I*R voltage across a resistor equals current tie resistance. It is a macro scale function, dioes not work at quantum scale. But it is called a law.

Laws Of Thermodynamics

There are the theories of electromagnets.

There are cosmological models and theories.

Which goes to my point, science works regardless of how you describe it. Numbers in and numbers out.

When working on a problem I could say I have a theory as to a cause or say I have a model of the problem.

All that being said I can see the point o saying a model is constructed of theories.


The Ebers-Moll equations for a transistor.

 
The difference between a theory and a model is that a theory is an hypothesis that has been rigourously tested, and despite that testing, not (yet) shown to be false; Whereas a model is a tall skinny woman being photographed (usually) wearing stupid clothes.

I hope that helps.
 
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