What is knowledge and is it ever non-empirical?

Yes, but so much better!!!

I am a persistent critic of Ockham’s razor. It is accuracy not simplicity which decides one theory over another. There is nothing simple about Quantum Field Theory. And if two theories are really equally accurate, then we keep both as alternate ways of looking at the same things because this has frequently proven extremely useful in solving difficult problems.

But parsimony? i.e. the economy of work and effort? Absolutely!!! Finding easier ways to do things is essential to the progress of science. Math in particular makes laziness into a high virtue. Doing things an easier way is what enables you to tackle harder and more difficult problems.

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