Comment: The blunting of Occam's Razor, or to hell with parsimony

Kent E. Holsinger

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The principle of parsimony is a useful methodological tool in the choice between competing hypotheses if the hypotheses are of equal explanatory power. Its use is defended by the discussion of several examples, and a recent objection to its use is shown to be the result of a misinterpretation of the principle.

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