Re: Determinism

From: Chris Taylor (Christopher.Taylor@man.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Apr 04 2001 - 10:44:15 BST

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    > > > Prove it.
    > >
    > > Ocam's Razor:
    > > In explanation, don't multiply entities unnecessarily. Causality is
    > > sufficient. The burden of evidentiary support rests upon the positive. It's
    > > not for anyone else to prove that there ISN'T an unnecessary redundant
    > > additional unknown factor aside from causality.
    >
    > "An unnecessary redundant additional unknown factor" is redundant (as
    > well as incoherent). I'm only suggesting that perhaps some events don't
    > have a cause. In this case, "there is nothing which happens that does
    > not have a cause" is the positive upon which the burden of evidentiary
    > support rests.

    This is science not law - that means (strictly speaking) you have to
    disprove my assertion (my surmise of my general experience of the
    world).

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