tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post6977933408550373792..comments2024-03-28T05:47:54.177+00:00Comments on Philosophical Disquisitions: Successful Theistic Explanations (Part 3) - Simplicity and Ontological EconomyJohn Danaherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06761686258507859309noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-33290930021713770112010-07-19T12:34:28.116+01:002010-07-19T12:34:28.116+01:00Answer to your second question: no, you're not...Answer to your second question: no, you're not getting it wrong.<br /><br />Answer to your first question: Yes. Although bear in mind, this is a pretty stringent requirement.<br /><br />Also, the newly posited entities would probably themselves require an explanation, at some stage. But we might be willing to accept them in the interim if they have some explanatory bite. Just as the idea of the "gene" was accepted long before its molecular foundation was worked out.John Danaherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761686258507859309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-22756111639836464532010-07-19T09:27:26.361+01:002010-07-19T09:27:26.361+01:00John d,
"Sufficient reason would mean sat...John d,<br /> "Sufficient reason would mean satisfying the other explanatory virtues such as testability, simplicity, informativeness and so on"<br /><br /> If the explanation satisfies all the other virtues, do we have sufficient reason to posit any number of ontological entities/processes? Or am I getting this wrong and the virtues that have to be satisfied actually refer to the explanation required for the ontological entity not to the explanation for which the entity needs to be posited?Bogdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15449119709471870254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-19852187194581523352010-06-04T04:30:44.171+01:002010-06-04T04:30:44.171+01:00I find this thought-inducing, provoking, etc. I sh...I find this thought-inducing, provoking, etc. I shall return again and again. Thanks for taking the time to write!Wry Mouthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10712281004212279423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-66844230108437278102010-05-21T20:43:48.664+01:002010-05-21T20:43:48.664+01:00Probably worth mentioning Occam's Razor, here....Probably worth mentioning Occam's Razor, here.Rich Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037140349297065008noreply@blogger.com