Kryterium prostoty w kosmologiach dedukcyjnych
Simplicity in deductive cosmologies

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the role of simplicity in deductive cosmological theories represented in Milne’s and Steady State Theory. The analysis leads to the following conclusions: 1) the ontological simplicity of nature (its regularity and order despite its huge complexity) determines the cosmological practice, 2) the simplicity of the description of the world is relatively subordinate to empirical data (because of their theory-ladenness) and closely linked with the formal criteria for evaluation of theory (e.g. coherence, internal and external consistency), 3) pragmatic simplicity (preferring a simpler theory amongst empirically equivalent theories) is grounded in scientific practice, but its normative dimension (associated with truthfulness) is disputable, 4) simplicity in a description of nature, simplicity of scientific structures and pragmatic simplicity are justified in ontological simplicity, which is defined as regularity and order in the Universe.

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