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Stochastic vs. empirical
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 2:48 pm
by gwray
I agree that stochastic and deterministic are antonyms but I don't think that empirical and stocastic are. I could imagine coducting experiments on a stochastic phenomenon and using statistics to infer empirically a behaviour that I could not deduce from theory
Re: Stochastic vs. empirical
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 7:28 pm
by Perry Lassiter
I would agree they are not what I would call antonyms, more contrary in the logical sense than contradictory.
Re: Stochastic vs. empirical
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 9:33 pm
by Slava
Here is the link to the Word of the Day that caused this thread.