The probability that a model will be selected by potential users is higher if it is assessed to be consistent with other ideational construals, interpersonal values and/or textual foci of which the potential users are most certain. As already discussed, model building, like all semiosis, is a matter of relating (fitting) specific meanings, qualities and quantities, to each other. While the rôle of ideational consistency is usually explicit in arguments about alternative models, the role of interpersonal and textual consistency is usually left implicit. The three types will be discussed here in turn.
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The probability that a model will be selected by potential users increases when it is assessed as consistent with other ideational construals, interpersonal values, and/or textual foci about which those users are most certain. As already discussed, model-building — like all semiosis — involves the relating or fitting together of specific meanings, qualities, and quantities.
While the role of ideational consistency is usually explicit in arguments about competing models, the roles of interpersonal and textual consistency are often implicit, yet no less important. All three will be discussed in turn.