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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Published in:	Analysis Vol. 65; no. 3; pp. 205 - 211
Main Author:	White, Roger
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Jul2005
Subjects:	Simplicity Conduct of life Self-consciousness (Sensitivity) Ignorance (Theory of knowledge) Philosophy Embarrassment
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