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Einstein on operationally defining and measuring simplicity

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:31. July 2012
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http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/einstein-philscience/ But for all that Einstein's faith in simplicity was strong, he despaired of giving a precise, formal characterization of how we assess the simplicity of a theory. In 1946…

Thoughts about SEP’s Naturalism

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:19. April 2012
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http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/naturalism/ The term ‘naturalism’ has no very precise meaning in contemporary philosophy. Its current usage derives from debates in America in the first half of the last century. The self-proclaimed…

Phil. of science paper – ‘the’ problem of induction

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:5. May 2011
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For phil. of science class. Philosophy of science - assignment 2