Simple minds: A cognitive account of theoretical simplicity and the epistemology of human understanding
Why should anybody care about theoretical simplicity? It is pretty clear that simpler theories don't stand a better chance of being true, just because they are simpler than their competitors. Of course, simpler theories are easier to use in technological applications, and they are more tractabl...
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The University of Arizona.
1997
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282401 |