Measuring Ontological Simplicity

Ergo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy 11 (25):652-688 (2024)
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Abstract

Standard approaches to ontological simplicity focus either on the number of things or types a theory posits or on the number of fundamental things or types a theory posits. In this paper, I suggest a ground-theoretic approach that focuses on the number of something else. After getting clear on what this approach amounts to, I motivate it, defend it, and complete it.

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Noel Saenz
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