Justifying Ockham's razor (Introduction)

by George Jelliss ⌂ @, Crewe, Wednesday, May 04, 2016, 22:40 (3123 days ago) @ dhw

Their argument ends: "there is in the end no unconditional and presuppositionless justification for Ockham's Razor". - Surely there is in the end no unconditional and presuppositionless justification for Anything! - Even Euclid had to base his geometry on presuppositions. 
Definitions, Axioms, Postulates. - Likewise it is impossible to communicate without language.
That is the whole problem with philosophy.
Particularly of the post-modern variety.

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GPJ


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