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What does ''empirical bite'' mean in this context?

English Language & Usage Asked by Emir Arıcı on March 24, 2021

”Whether computationalism has empirical bite depends on how we construe the notion of computation. ”

I am having trouble understanding this. What does it mean? I checked the phrase itself (empirical bite) and then checked the word itself (bite) since there might be some uncommon meanings of the word that I did not know, but nothing fits the context. I have an idea that ”empirical bite” may mean something like ”empirically testable”, but I am helpless right now.

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If something has "bite" it means it has a real effect, makes a difference.

If something is "empirical" it means it is measurable, objectively verifiable.

So something that has "empirical bite" means it makes a difference in a measurable sense.

Answered by DJClayworth on March 24, 2021

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