Full Idea
It might be said that Ockham's Razor is a purely aesthetic principle.
Gist of Idea
Maybe Ockham's Razor is a purely aesthetic principle
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.281
A Reaction
I don't buy this, if it meant to be dismissive of the relevance of the principle to truth. A deep question might be, what is so aesthetically attractive about simplicity? I'm inclined to think that application of the Razor has delivered terrific results.