In "Sensations and Brain Processes," J. J. C. Smart claimed it implies that identity theory is superior to Cartesian dualism.
In "Sensations and Brain Processes," J. J. C. Smart claimed it implies that identity theory is superior to Cartesian dualism. It can be derived from Bayes factor using a Jeffreys prior by averaging over parameters to reduce type I error. Rissanen and Akaike developed computational theories that generalized it by reducing Kolmogorov complexity. George C. Williams argued for individual over group selection using a variant called Lloyd Morgan's Canon. Akin to the information theoretic principle of Minimum Description Length, and invoked by Durand de Saint-Pourcain, for 10 points, name this scientific paradigm and law of parsimony suggesting that entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity, an Oxford philosopher's sharp instrument.
In "Sensations and Brain Processes," J. J. C. Smart claimed it implies that identity theory is superior to Cartesian dualism.
{Occam’s razor}