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Author: tgtg Date: Sep 15, 2008 03:46
On Sep 15, 3:15Â am, "curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote:> "Mark Earnest" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote in message
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> Ockham's Razor, simply put, is the belief that when all things are
> Â considered, the simplest explanation is often the truest one.
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> William Ockham  1214 - 1294
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> Agree.
> The more the words, the less the meaning.
>
> I wonder just what the Emanuel Kant fan club would
> either think or say about it ?
First they would explain that your interpretation is inadequate.
As applied to scientific reasoning, which is all that matters. it
should be stated as follows:
"The theory which requires the the least assumption should be adopted
as the working theory." And please note that "least assumption" is
not "fewest assumptions" but a more general application of the term.
So an explanation like Goddidit is not supported by OR over some other
like Evolution, since Evolution does not require the assumption of
the existence of a supernatural entity.
--tg
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