In this paper, we explore an under-investigated question concerning the class of formal models that aim at providing normative guidance. We call such models normative models. In particular, we examine the question of how normative models can successfully exert normative guidance. First, we highlight the absence of a discussion of this question—which is surprising given the extensive debate about the success conditions of descriptive models—and motivate its importance. Second, we introduce and discuss two potential accounts of the success conditions of normative models. Our tentative conclusion is that the second account is more promising.

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规范模型及其成功

在本文中，我们探讨了有关旨在提供规范指导的形式模型类别的未充分研究的问题。我们称这种模型为规范模型。特别是，我们研究了规范模型如何能够成功地发挥规范指导的问题。首先，我们强调没有对此问题进行讨论，考虑到描述性模型成功条件的广泛辩论，这是令人惊讶的，并激发了它的重要性。其次，我们介绍和讨论规范模型成功条件的两个潜在说明。我们的初步结论是，第二种说法更有希望。