Parsimony and inference to the best mathematical explanation
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Parsimony and inference to the best mathematical explanation
zbMATH Open document ID: 1358.00092
author: Alan Baker
published in: Synthese
publication date: 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 00A30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 03A05
zbMATH DE Number: 6694306
zbMATH Keywords: indispensability
zbMATH Keywords: mathematical explanation
zbMATH Keywords: Platonism
zbMATH Keywords: nominalism
zbMATH Keywords: periodical cicadas
zbMATH Keywords: parsimony
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: s11229-015-0723-3
OpenAlex ID: W2027794684
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DOI: 10.1007/S11229-015-0723-3
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6694306