Occam’s razor isn’t really a fact, it’s just a reasoning strategy. It doesn’t claim that the simplest explanation is true, just that when choosing between competing explanations that make identical predictions, the one that makes the fewest assumptions is preferable. But sometimes those additional assumptions are true, sometimes the simplest explanation is not the correct one, in which case Occam’s razor in fact takes you further from the truth.
Still a very useful principle, but I wouldn’t really call it a fact.
I would say no. Philosophy is, loosely speaking, a collection of useful techniques to turn facts into models. Though one could make the argument that “Cogito ergo sum” is a philosophical fact
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Occam’s razor isn’t really a fact, it’s just a reasoning strategy. It doesn’t claim that the simplest explanation is true, just that when choosing between competing explanations that make identical predictions, the one that makes the fewest assumptions is preferable. But sometimes those additional assumptions are true, sometimes the simplest explanation is not the correct one, in which case Occam’s razor in fact takes you further from the truth.
Still a very useful principle, but I wouldn’t really call it a fact.
so is any philosophy a fact?
I would say no. Philosophy is, loosely speaking, a collection of useful techniques to turn facts into models. Though one could make the argument that “Cogito ergo sum” is a philosophical fact
my other reason was going to be Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
but that has lost favor in recent years. I still feel it’s a very core ideal that can get you through hard times
your answer is a philosophical reply… 😉
Okay? That doesn’t really affect the relationship between philosophy and fact.