The Belief That Explanations of Phenomena Should Remain Simple Until

question 68

Multiple Choice

The belief that explanations of phenomena should remain simple until the simple explanations are no longer valid is known as the

• A) error variability.
• B) asymptotic principle.
• C) principle of parsimony.
• D) placebo principle.

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