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- Title
Do Not Revise Ockham's Razor Without Necessity.
- Authors
Baron, Sam; Tallant, Jonathan
- Abstract
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 <italic>fundamental</italic> entities without necessity’’. Our aim, here, is to challenge such re‐workings of Ockham's razor.
- Subjects
PARSIMONIOUS models; MATHEMATICAL analysis; METHODOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY
- Publication
Philosophy & Phenomenological Research, 2018, Vol 96, Issue 3, p596
- ISSN
0031-8205
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/phpr.12337