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Are Atheists using Intellectually Dishonest Arguments?

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Are Atheists using Intellectually Dishonest Arguments?
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RE: Are Atheists using Intellectually Dishonest Arguments?
March 10, 2018 at 10:24 pm
(March 10, 2018 at 10:20 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:
(March 10, 2018 at 10:07 pm)Grandizer Wrote: I would say "among competing explanations of otherwise equal explanatory power, the explanation [of the observed evidence/phenomenon/whatever] with the least number of assumptions is the most reasonable explanation". That's theoretically, of course. Practically, it means that among competing explanations, the explanation with the least number of assumptions is more likely to be the correct one, but parsimony is just one among many criteria to look out for when judging explanations.

The issue is that you showed a misunderstanding earlier regarding Hammy's use of the word "parsimonious".

How so?

Oh, I see. Now we're going to pretend you didn't at all equivocate between "parsimonious" and "simple". The posts are there, dude. You can't tap dance your way out of this one.
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RE: Are Atheists using Intellectually Dishonest Arguments? - by Grandizer - March 10, 2018 at 10:24 pm

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