Elliott Sober

Research professor in philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Elliott Sober is the Hans Reichenbach Professor and William F Vilas Research Professor in the department of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His latest book is Ockham’s Razors: A User’s Manual (2015).

Written by Elliott Sober

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Logic and probability

Why is simpler better?

Ockham’s Razor says that simplicity is a scientific virtue, but justifying this philosophically is strangely elusive

Elliott Sober