Ockham's razors a user's manual
Ockham's razor, the principle of parsimony, states that simpler theories are better than theories that are more complex. It has a history dating back to Aristotle and it plays an important role in current physics, biology, and psychology. The razor also gets used outside of science - in everyda...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2015.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b41999046*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A history of parsimony in thin slices (from Aristotle to Morgan)
- The probabilistic turn
- Parsimony in evolutionary biology--phylogenetic inference
- Parsimony in psychology--chimpanzee mind-reading
- Parsimony in philosophy.
