Russell Standish wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 09:24:21PM -0700, Brent Meeker wrote:
>
>>> scientific theories (doing so by definition). The reason it is
>>> rejected is because of the arbitrary nature of the date makes it a
>>> more complex theory (in the Occam's razor sense).
>>>
>> And it is not POVI.
>>
>> Brent Meeker
>>
>>
>
> True, but then POVI is a specialised version of Occams razor.
>
>
It is more specific and as Vic argues it is sine qua non for a
scientific theory. Occams razor is a vague desiderata. You can justify
almost anything by choosing your definition of "complex", e.g. theists
say, "God did it." is the simplest possible theory.
Brent
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Received on Wed Jun 18 2008 - 14:13:28 PDT