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Stephen Tonkin
August 14, 2001 10:41AM
<HTML>Anthony wrote:
[snip much good sense]

> The way to decide between two theories that equally
> account for the data is by the use of Occam's Razor.

William of Ockham intended his eponymous razor as a tool of ontological economy. Whilst it is attractive, and will often be useful in other circumstances, it will not <b>necessarily</b> give a foolproof way deciding which (if any) of two theories is true.

My 0.02p on scientific method (to part-address Martin's question) is that scientific method is a great tool for revealing what is false but that it cannot itself tell you what is true. There is, I think, a distinction.</HTML>
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