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littlemanpoet · 04-19-2005, 09:14 AM

Occam's razor means that we should accept the simplest solution that accounts for all known data, then question the solution as soon as new data becomes known. Of course, Occam was a Nominalist. Tolkien was a Universalist, I'm thinking. At any rate, have fun locking horns.

04-19-2005, 09:14 AM	#42
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Occam's razor means that we should accept the simplest solution that accounts for all known data, then question the solution as soon as new data becomes known. Of course, Occam was a Nominalist. Tolkien was a Universalist, I'm thinking. At any rate, have fun locking horns.