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Possible demonstration of an observable simple wavelet-opponent process is
suggested by examining the research presented in the following article:
Dehaene-Lambertz, G. & Dehaene, S. (1994, July 28). Speed and cerebral
correlates of syllable discrimination in infants. Nature v370, p292(4).
To sim
In addition, I have found it useful to discuss parsimony in light of
competing theories, explanations, interpretations and stress that it is
not just the simple explanation, but the one preferred (a) fits with
established knowledge, and (b) makes the fewest assumptions. In other
words, I
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 Morgans Canon: A History of Misrepresentation by Roger K. Thomas (2001)
http://htpprints.yorku.ca/documents/docs/00/00/00/17/htp0
Just one slight amendment:
At 10:22 AM -0400 9/21/01, Tom Allaway wrote:
> Just a couple of points:
>
> * Parsimony is certainly a principle rather than a law; it is a rule to
>guide our thinking. It is best called a heuristic.* * Parsimony does
>not say everything is simple. It says th
Sorry, I've lost the original post on this topic. Here is a NY Times
article that is a bit more general.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/health/051600hth-genetics-le
fthanded.html
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College of the Rockies
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Cranbrook, BC, Canada V1C 5L7
Just a couple of points:
Parsimony is certainly a principle rather than a law; it is a rule to guide
our thinking. It is best called a heuristic.
Parsimony does not say everything is simple. It says that when we
are choosing between two or more explanations, both of which fit the obser
I have a student who has chosen to replicate the experiment testing how one
characteristic (warm vs cold, supports nuclear testing vs does not support .
. ) given in a description of a person changes the participant's assessment
of that person.
Now, the problem she is having is that the source bo
Philipee (and other tipsters):
I want to address only your initial thoughts on parsimony. I don't know much
about Occam (other than that he was William of Occam and is always cited by
psychologists as an advocate of parsimony in philosophical disputes), but I know that
Morgan's canon ("In no
I have published a number of papers on this issue, including two in
Developmental Neuropsychology (1998 and 2000). I have studied
relatively large samples of older left-handers and not only are they
alive well into their nineties, but they are as healthy as their
right-handed age mates. I recent
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.
This reference to such a "law of parsim
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