Volume 18, Issue 11/12, 2008
Philosophy of Nature Today
Marek Łagosz
Pages 219-225
Ockham’s Razor and the Problem of Non-Existence—Modal and “Economic” Aspects
In the article I undertake the question of the Ockham’s razor. I consider the basic version of this methodological postulate: entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem. I propose to interpret this postulate as a criterion of non-existence. In this context I analyse the matter of accidental entities as well as the ontological principle of economy.