What standards should be applied to determine which or two theories is better?

a. The better theory does a superior job of accounting for the facts and does not add new unexplained things.
b. The better theory is less biased.
c. The better theory is tested on difficult cases.
d. a, b, and c are correct.


Ans: a

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