Sunday, October 05, 2008

Razor sharp

William of Occam was a 14th century English philosopher, best know for his 'principle of parsimony' in comparing different explanations for some phenomena.

entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem

When translated and applied to identity, it's clear that Kim's Law 3 was preempted by some 700 years

entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You are on a roll, wise one