id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_ptrffuc7xjdnbkr362siivec64 Kevin T. Kelly A New Solution to the Puzzle of Simplicity 2007 14 .pdf application/pdf 6522 685 77 an efficient truth finding method minimizes worst case costs en route to converging to in addition, to have a clear, normative argument to the effect that Ockham's razor is the most efficient possible method for finding the true The true answer to the effect accounting problem in em-Se In the effect accounting problem, there is a uniquely simplest answer compatible with experience e, namely, the set of effectsSe that there are infinitely many ways to converge to the truth in the accounting problem, just as there are infinitely many algorithmic solutions An obvious, doxastic cost of inquiry is the total number of times one's strategy produces a false answer prior to convergence technologies and sample sizes, in which case all possible, convergent strategies—Ockham strategies included—can be forced to retract their opinions any finite number of times. violates Ockham's razor or stalwartness at finite input sequence e. ——— (2007), "Ockham's Razor, Empirical Complexity, and Truth-Finding Efficiency", ./cache/work_ptrffuc7xjdnbkr362siivec64.pdf ./txt/work_ptrffuc7xjdnbkr362siivec64.txt