(September 29, 2023 at 9:41 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: If God is a more complex hypothesis, then it has to shoulder an even greater burden in providing sufficient warrant for assent. Occams razor lies in wait, otherwise.
How do you figure? Simple concepts are more easily falsifiable than more complex concepts. Let's say I told you, "I ate an apple yesterday", and let's assume you don't know what an apple is, and you asked, "What's an apple?", and I told you, "It's a fruit", but I didn't tell you anything else about what an apple is, and you went and did some research on all different kinds of fruits, trying to find out what an apple is, and you were doing your research based on what I had told you ("It's a fruit"), you wouldn't get very far, because there are all kinds of fruits, and an apple is just one type of fruit, so based on that information (that an apple is a fruit), you might erroneously assume an orange is an apple, or that a peach is an apple, or that a plum is an apple, etc. However, if I had told you that an apple is not only a fruit, but also crunchy, you would have more information to work with, and your list of fruits that might be an apple, would diminish. Vague, simple concepts are easier to falsify than more complex concepts, meaning the simple concepts demand more proof of their authenticity.
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