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Niv
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hey all, I have a few questions about Occam's razor.
First what is considered to be a entity?
Is it any basic law of nature? (that is not a result of other laws).
A mathematical axiom/set of axioms that is needed for the theory (like Euclidean geometry for classical optics).
Basic definitions for the theory? (like mass or time in Newtonian).
A field or a particle?
Second, are all Entities are same in their "value"?
I mean, can we say that we prefer one kind of entities over another?
For example, to prefer additional dimension rather then a new particle?
Is it true, and why is it, we prefer Entities to be symmetrical?
All those questions aren't relevant when we can distinguish between the theories with a experiment.
Thank you,
Niv.
P.S.
Are there other ways except from experiment or Occam's razor?
First what is considered to be a entity?
Is it any basic law of nature? (that is not a result of other laws).
A mathematical axiom/set of axioms that is needed for the theory (like Euclidean geometry for classical optics).
Basic definitions for the theory? (like mass or time in Newtonian).
A field or a particle?
Second, are all Entities are same in their "value"?
I mean, can we say that we prefer one kind of entities over another?
For example, to prefer additional dimension rather then a new particle?
Is it true, and why is it, we prefer Entities to be symmetrical?
All those questions aren't relevant when we can distinguish between the theories with a experiment.
Thank you,
Niv.
P.S.
Are there other ways except from experiment or Occam's razor?