Thoughts and Reflections on the Nature of Human Nature (And Fancy Jazz Like That)
20 January 2012
Through What Sorcery, Made He The World.
I simply want to elaborate, slightly, on Ockham's Razor. I think it is important to recognize that an argument is cut/denied by Ockham's razor if 1.) it does not adequately address something, that is to say, if upon 'solving' the problem, more questions are raised, and 2.) There are many assumptions that have to be agreed upon for it to be true. I wanted to bring this up because I was once engaging in debate (if one chooses to call it so) with a fellow Christian. We were discussing the formation/creation of the world and I was informed that every science-related theory was cut off by Ockham's razor on the basis that 'God made it' is, in fact the simplest answer. I tried to inform them that such an answer raises questions like 'who made God?' and 'how did he make it?' they informed me that 'he has always existed' was the simplest answer. I told them that even if I were to agree, they cannot deny that the answer is not the most simple if it does not adequately explain something/answer a question.
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