Simplicity in Theory-Construction and Evaluation: The Case of the Chromosome Theory of Mendalian Inheritance

In Dag Prawitz & Dag Westerståhl (eds.), Logic and Philosophy of Science in Uppsala. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 525--539 (1994)
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