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Of course, only things are called laws if they have some general
validity
and applicability. But the primary requirement to be a law is that
it is a
relationship between variables. Beyond that there seem to be social
and
political rules that determine which things are called laws. Newton
never
called his laws "laws".
A relation between the area of a circle and its radius satisfies such
criterion. But it not a scientific law. The term "relation between
variables" is much broader than the term "law. "
In fact, I do not consider mathematics to be a science; it is our
special language. But that is a different topic.
DATA = what is reported
FACTS = validated data
LAWS = generalized facts
THEORIES = explanations of laws and facts
What is wrong with this? The four words are listed alphabetically.
Yes, I know that other meanings are often assigned to each of these
four concepts. That is not desirable; it often creates confusion.