Jeff Ricker
Fri, 21 Sep 2001 08:28:14 -0700
In addition to what I stated and the article I included in my last post, I also wanted to send you links to two other articles relevant to Phillipe's questions: Lloyd Morgan’s Canon: A History of Misrepresentation by Roger K. Thomas (2001) http://htpprints.yorku.ca/documents/docs/00/00/00/17/htp00000017-00/MCWeb.htm Razor in the Toolbox: The history, use, and abuse of Occam’s Razor by Robert Novella (2001) http://www.theness.com/newsletter.html (You'll have to scroll down the page a bit to get to this one.) Philippe Gervaix wrote: > Hello y'all from overseas, > > In a recent post, someone mentioned the "law of parsimony". > My intervention has implications on two levels (at least, and as far as we > are concerned on this list): epistemological and pedagogical. Of course both > are intertwined.... -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd. FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Listowner: Psychologists Educating Students to Think Skeptically (PESTS) http://www.sc.maricopa.edu/sbscience/pests/index.html