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An Introduction to Simplicity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Richard Rudner
Richard Rudner*
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Michigan State University
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A Panel Discussion of Simplicity of Scientific Theories
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 1961 , pp. 109 - 119
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1961

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