Klarinet Archive - Posting 000573.txt from 2001/11

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] A few facts about scary avant-garde noises
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 07:39:25 -0500

On Sat, 17 Nov 2001 04:19:55 EST, A4ACHESON@-----.com said:

> In a message dated 16/11/01 9:16:06 am,
> roger.shilcock@-----.uk writes:
>
> > It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with
> > the generality of mankind, have the preference over the accurate and
> > abstruse...
> > --- D. Hume ("An enquiry concerning human understanding," I
>
>
> Despite the fact that Oxford did not properly honour him, I prefer
> "Ockham's razor". AA

But Ockam's razor says something different:

"Non sunt multiplicanda entia praeter necessitatem"

...or as Einstein put it, things should be made as simple as possible,
but not any simpler.

Hume on the other hand says that it is certain that the generality of
mankind will always want things to be simpler than possible.

Tony
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