In other words, we cannot take the mathematical model and read it back as reality (“scientism”) without caution. Our prior assumptions determined the nature of the model. Where do these come from? Language, convention, something innate.
von Neumann, J. (1944) “Theory of Games and Economic Behaviour”: Economic problems often unamenable to maths bc stated too generally. Note, Heidegger type point: the nature of a description or statement is prior to the mathematics used, and influences how maths pans out.
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