> assuming the 'model' here is actually a model and not a literal restatement of physical laws.
I'm not sure there is a difference. Imhu, what we call "physical laws" are always models. Like, Newton's theory of gravity, which predicts that gravity is inverse to the square of the distance. Then Einstein came along and made a better model with relativity theory. Which cannot be the end of the story, because it is incompatible with quantum mechanics...
I'm not sure there is a difference. Imhu, what we call "physical laws" are always models. Like, Newton's theory of gravity, which predicts that gravity is inverse to the square of the distance. Then Einstein came along and made a better model with relativity theory. Which cannot be the end of the story, because it is incompatible with quantum mechanics...