Corroboration, Explanation, Evolving Probability, Simplicity and a Sharpened Razor

Irving John Good

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My aim is to discuss (degrees of) corroboration, explanatory power, and complexity, and the relationships between them, and to suggest a new form of Ockham's razor which is applicable in particular to practical statistical problems. It will be found necessary to distinguish between two meanings

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