On advancing simple hypotheses

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Philosophy of Science 57 (2):266-277 (1990)
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We consider drawbacks to scientific methods that prefer simple hypotheses to complex ones that cover the same data. The discussion proceeds in the context of a precise model of scientific inquiry

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Simplicity.Elliott Sober - 1975 - Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press.
Theory of Recursive Functions and Effective Computability.Hartley Rogers - 1971 - Journal of Symbolic Logic 36 (1):141-146.
The Structure of Appearance.N. Goodman & Geoffrey Hellman - 1966 - Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie 42 (4):828-829.

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