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The Principle of Simplicity and Verifiability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

G. Schlesinger*
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne

Abstract

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Discussion
Copyright
Copyright © 1959 by Philosophy of Science Association

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