Inference to the loveliest explanation

L'A. demontre que les arguments que P. Lipton developpe sur la base de sa these causale de la comprehension sont invalides et que les nombreux criteres qu'il fournit pour expliquer la beaute ne sont autres que les principes de la structure causale du monde

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