Occam’s razor states- the explaination of any phenomenon should make use of as few assumptions as possible, eliminating those that make no difference in the observable predictions of the explainatory hypothesis.
That does not say the universe is simple or explainable by material means or any such thing.
In fact those assumptions violate Occam’s razor! Saying the universe is simple or explainable by material means are unneeded assumptions.
In order to explain the phenomena of physics we need material, material forces, chance, and freedom. The chance comes from the inherent unpredictablity of certain phenomena (where will the particle land?) and the freedom comes from the experimenters ability to choose what aspect (particle or wave) of the phenomena to view. Currently there is no known material mechanical explaination for chance or freedom. The claim there will someday be one is an unneeded assumption based on faith.
If philosophy is going to be of value, it should agree with the basic facts of science. The mechanistic, material universe was tossed out almost 100 years ago.
Read Max Born’s Nobel prize acceptance speech and update your thinking.
Occam’s razor states- the explaination of any phenomenon should make use of as few assumptions as possible, eliminating those that make no difference in the observable predictions of the explainatory hypothesis.
That does not say the universe is simple or explainable by material means or any such thing.
In fact those assumptions violate Occam’s razor! Saying the universe is simple or explainable by material means are unneeded assumptions.
In order to explain the phenomena of physics we need material, material forces, chance, and freedom. The chance comes from the inherent unpredictablity of certain phenomena (where will the particle land?) and the freedom comes from the experimenters ability to choose what aspect (particle or wave) of the phenomena to view. Currently there is no known material mechanical explaination for chance or freedom. The claim there will someday be one is an unneeded assumption based on faith.
If philosophy is going to be of value, it should agree with the basic facts of science. The mechanistic, material universe was tossed out almost 100 years ago.
Read Max Born’s Nobel prize acceptance speech and update your thinking.