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Full Idea
Since the best system view is a coherence theory, the possibility could not be ruled out that a number of different systematizations of the same history might be tied for first place as equally best.
Gist of Idea
A number of systematizations might tie as the best and most coherent system
Source
comment on David Lewis (Psychophysical and theoretical identifications [1972]) by Stephen Mumford - Laws in Nature 3.5
Book Ref
Mumford,Stephen: 'Laws in Nature' [Routledge 2006], p.45
A Reaction
[Mumord cites Armstrong 1983:70] Personally I am a fan of coherence theories, and this problem doesn't bother me.
| 9409 | Laws are the best axiomatization of the total history of world events or facts [Lewis, by Mumford] |
| 9423 | If simplicity and strength are criteria for laws of nature, that introduces a subjective element [Mumford on Lewis] |
| 9424 | A number of systematizations might tie as the best and most coherent system [Mumford on Lewis] |