Why favour simplicity?

The article suggests some steps one can take toward reducing the embarrassment of being simple, by showing that the assumption that supports favoring simplicity is far more modest than it first seems. The article author extrapolates from observed regularities with some measure of ignorance concernin...

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Publicado en:Analysis Vol. 65; no. 3; pp. 205 - 211
Autor principal: White, Roger
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Jul2005
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