On an assignment submitted this week, one of my H of P students
followed her excellent description of Ockham's [also spelled Occam's] razor
with this nice bit of mischief...
"...or as Mulder (a character on the Xfiles) would say: 'Occam's principle
of limited imagination.'"
-David
TIPSter Jim Guinee recently quoted Stephen Black (I think) quoting Dace:
> >...the experiment must be faulty. As Dace points out,
>the >great principle of William of Ockham leads us to prefer this
>explanation in >science.
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David G. Likely, Department of Psychology
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, N. B., Canada E3B 5A3
History of Psychology: http://www.unb.ca/psychology/likely/psyc4053.htm
OALP Login: httpS://www.unb.ca/sweb/psych/likely
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