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P¯an.ini's Razor
Abstract
Nature does nothing in vain, and more is in vain when less will serve; for Nature is pleased with simplicity, and affects not the pomp of superfluous causes. Select the theory that introduces the fewest assumptions and postulates the fewest entities.Other Versions
| original | Kiparsky, Paul (manuscript) "P¯an.ini, Variation, and Orthoepic Diaskeuasis". |
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