Ockham's Razors
Special | 47m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Elliott Sober delves into parsimony paradigms to determine their relevance in the world.
Elliott Sober, Professor, Department of Philosophy, UW-Madison, delves into the principle that simpler theories are better than complex theories. Sober focuses on two paradigms to determine if the simplicity of a theory is relevant to determining what the world is like.
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Ockham's Razors
Special | 47m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Elliott Sober, Professor, Department of Philosophy, UW-Madison, delves into the principle that simpler theories are better than complex theories. Sober focuses on two paradigms to determine if the simplicity of a theory is relevant to determining what the world is like.
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