I'm shocked at Brittanica's explanation of Occam's razor, which just sounds flagrantly incorrect to me. As I understand it, most philosophers (correctly) agree with you that simplicity is roughly on par with explanatory depth as far as theoretical virtues go.
I'm shocked at Brittanica's explanation of Occam's razor, which just sounds flagrantly incorrect to me. As I understand it, most philosophers (correctly) agree with you that simplicity is roughly on par with explanatory depth as far as theoretical virtues go.