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Simplicity

by Elliott Sober
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Synopsis

Attempts to show that the simplicity of a hypothesis can be measured by attending to how well it answers certain kinds of questions.

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Book Details

Published
December 1, 1975
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780198244073

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