Lewis White Beck Quote

In the logic of science there is a principle as important as that of parsimony: it is that of sufficient reason.


The "Natural Science Ideal" in the Social Sciences, The Scientific Monthly, Volume LXVIII, June 1949 (p. 393)


In the logic of science there is a principle as important as that of parsimony: it is that of sufficient reason.

In the logic of science there is a principle as important as that of parsimony: it is that of sufficient reason.

In the logic of science there is a principle as important as that of parsimony: it is that of sufficient reason.

In the logic of science there is a principle as important as that of parsimony: it is that of sufficient reason.