Do not revise Ockham's razor without necessity

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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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Main Authors:	Baron, Sam, Tallant, Jonathan
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley 2018
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35006/

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