As a scientist, not a philosopher, I still don’t see much virtue in writing “simply”. This is a particulary Anglo-Saxon tradition, whereas I (and most of the German-Russian tradition, AFAIK) have always felt that when you try writing simply you lose at least speed of the train of thought and quite likely some of your arguments’ power. “No math—no science” is a specific example, but not the only one.
As a scientist, not a philosopher, I still don’t see much virtue in writing “simply”. This is a particulary Anglo-Saxon tradition, whereas I (and most of the German-Russian tradition, AFAIK) have always felt that when you try writing simply you lose at least speed of the train of thought and quite likely some of your arguments’ power. “No math—no science” is a specific example, but not the only one.