Dave L Wrote:
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> Occam's razor says the simplest explanation that
> takes in all the evidence is the one that should
> be used.

No it doesn't! (Although I am willing to concede that your chosen misrepresentation of what good old William of Ockham actually stated might well be the most common one.) His eponymous razor was offered as a rule of ontological economy (i.e. not of anything else) and can best be stated as "entities should not needlessly be multiplied". Also, just because Willie of O said it, that doesn't necessarily make it true, even for ontology.

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Stephen



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/05/2005 03:16PM by sftonkin.