Do not revise Ockham's razor without necessity
Ockham’s razor asks that we not multiply entities beyond necessity. The razor is a powerful methodological tool, enabling us to articulate reasons for preferring one theory to another. There are those, however, who would modify the razor. Schaffer (2010: 313—our italics), for one, tells us that, ‘I...
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| description | Ockham’s razor asks that we not multiply entities beyond necessity. The razor is a powerful methodological tool, enabling us to articulate reasons for preferring one theory to another. There are those, however, who would modify the razor. Schaffer (2010: 313—our italics), for one, tells us that, ‘I think the proper rendering of Ockham’s razor should be ‘Do not multiply fundamental entities without necessity’. Our aim, here, is to challenge such re-workings of Ockham’s razor. |
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| spelling | nottingham-350062020-05-04T19:37:56Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35006/ Do not revise Ockham's razor without necessity Baron, Sam Tallant, Jonathan Ockham’s razor asks that we not multiply entities beyond necessity. The razor is a powerful methodological tool, enabling us to articulate reasons for preferring one theory to another. There are those, however, who would modify the razor. Schaffer (2010: 313—our italics), for one, tells us that, ‘I think the proper rendering of Ockham’s razor should be ‘Do not multiply fundamental entities without necessity’. Our aim, here, is to challenge such re-workings of Ockham’s razor. Wiley 2018-05-30 Article PeerReviewed Baron, Sam and Tallant, Jonathan (2018) Do not revise Ockham's razor without necessity. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 96 (3). pp. 596-619. ISSN 1933-1592 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/phpr.12337/full doi:10.1111/phpr.12337 doi:10.1111/phpr.12337 |
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