J. J. C. Smart, Materialism and Occam's Razor

Philosophy 51 (197):349-352 (1976)
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Is Occam's Razor a Physical Thing?J. J. C. Smart - 1978 - Philosophy 53 (205):382 - 385.
The reasons of a materialist.Laurence Goldstein - 1980 - Philosophy 55 (April):249-252.

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