Occam's razor -- the principle that, when faced with competing explanations, we should choose the simplest that fits the facts -- is not just a tool of science. Occam's razor is science, insists a ...
Philosophy, in simple terms, is the quest for knowledge; the pursuit of wisdom. Sometimes referred to as the “mother of all science,” every endeavor that requires logic and reasoning could use the aid ...
Occam's razor – the principle that, when faced with competing explanations, we should choose the simplest that fits the facts – is not just a tool of science. Occam's razor is science, insists a ...
Johnjoe McFadden claims that “Occam’s razor isn’t just a tool of science – it is science” (18/25 December 2021, p 70). This is a cut too far! Science is imaginative theory-building with careful, ...