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The Fertility of Theories

In addition to empirical adequacy and compatibility with other current theories, scientific theories are commonly judged on three criteria ' simplicity, elegance, and fertility. Fertility has received comparatively little attention in the philosophical literature. A definition of a certain sort of f...

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Main Author: Segall, Robert
Other Authors: Weiss, Bernhard
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Philosophy 2014
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