Single Idea 15784

[catalogued under 2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor]

Full Idea

A Meinongian has already posited everything that could, or even could not, be; how, then, can any subsequent brandishing of Ockham's Razor be to the point?

Gist of Idea

The Razor seems irrelevant for Meinongians, who allow absolutely everything to exist

Source

William Lycan (The Trouble with Possible Worlds [1979], 02)

Book Reference

'The Possible and the Actual', ed/tr. Loux,Michael J. [Cornell 1979], p.279


A Reaction

See the ideas of Alexius Meinong. Presumably these crazy Meinongians must make some distinction between what actually exists in front of your nose, and the rest. So the Razor can use that distinction too.