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Ockham's razor
Also known as: Occam's razor, principle of simplicity, principle of lightness, principle of parsimony
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Panpsychism: Conscious Rocks and Socks - Free Thinking Ministries freethinkingministries.com Nov 24, 2023 5 facts
perspectiveThe author argues that Ockham's Razor should not be applied blindly; if independent evidence supports a more complex explanation, such as the existence of God or immaterial souls, that explanation may be preferred despite its complexity.
claimPhilip Goff rejects substance dualism primarily due to Ockham's razor and the interaction problem.
claimOckham's Razor suggests that when multiple explanations for an event exist, the simpler explanation is often the most probable, as illustrated by the example of food poisoning at a birthday party.
claimPhilip Goff prefers panpsychism because he argues it does not violate Ockham's Razor.
perspectiveThe author argues that Ockham's Razor supports monotheism over polytheism because it is simpler to postulate one cause for the universe rather than multiple causes.
Social Epistemology – Introduction to Philosophy - Rebus Press press.rebus.community 3 facts
claimOckham's Razor is also known as the principle of simplicity, the principle of parsimony, and the principle of lightness in Indian philosophy.
claimReductionism is considered a simpler theory than non-reductionism if both are equally explanatorily powerful, thereby benefiting from Ockham’s razor.
claimOckham's Razor is a methodological principle maintaining that given two competing hypotheses, the simpler hypothesis is more probable, often summarized as 'Entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity.'
Sources of Knowledge: Rationalism, Empiricism, and the Kantian ... press.rebus.community 2 facts
claimThe principle of Ockham’s razor suggests that one should adopt simple explanations rather than complicated ones whenever possible.
claimJohn Locke applies the principle of Ockham’s razor to argue that one should prefer sense experience over innate ideas because it is simpler and easier to understand than relying on sources of knowledge that are unknown.
Critique of Panpsychism: Philosophical Coherence and Scientific ... thequran.love May 7, 2025 1 fact
claimPanpsychism aligns with Occam's razor by suggesting the universe has possessed the same physical-experiential properties from the start, rather than consciousness emerging only under special conditions later in cosmic history.
Unidentified flying object - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
perspectiveSteven Novella asserts that UFO enthusiasts engage in special pleading by offering outlandish and untested explanations to support the extraterrestrial hypothesis, which violates the principle of Occam's razor.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 1 fact
claimOccam's razor encourages withholding the ascription of psychological attributes to fundamental physical entities because they exhibit no behavior justifying such ascriptions.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 1 fact
claimOccam's razor is used as an argument against panpsychism because fundamental physical entities do not exhibit psychological attributes.