Philosophy A-Level
Simplicity and explanatory power
What Simplicity and explanatory power means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Simplicity and explanatory power
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The criteria making the external world the best hypothesis, since it is the simplest explanation accounting for the features of our sensations.
Topics that use Simplicity and explanatory power
- Perception as a source of knowledge (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Alleged inference
- Argument from hallucination
- Argument from illusion
- Best explanation reasoning
- Direct realism
- Disjunctivism
- Dreams versus waking experience
- Hallucination
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