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We can be transparent about what we think makes a good theory to aid in communicating with others. I further urge this to be done through what I call metatheoretical calculi, formal(isable) descriptions of our adjudication over theories, which deserve to be explored. 2/

An example of which can be found in Guest, O., & Martin, A. E. (2023). On logical inference over brains, behaviour, and artificial neural networks. Computational Brain & Behavior, 1-15. Work I did with @andreaeyleen.bsky.social, which can be accessed here: doi.org/10.1007/s421... 3/

To do this, I present my own general metatheoretical calculus (see Figs 1 & 2, and Table 1, above & in the paper: doi.org/10.31234/osf...) through which we could analyse theory such that we can track interrelations, changes through time, and embeddings within broader families and fields. 4/

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