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Ian Hacking - We favor hypotheses for their simplicity...
We favor hypotheses for their simplicity and explanatory power, much as the architect of the world might have done in choosing which possibility to create. (Ian Hacking)

We favor hypotheses for their simplicity and explanatory power, much as the architect of the world might have done in choosing which possibility to create.

Ian Hacking

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