Both psychoanalysis and behaviourism have been candidates for science of the mind, psychoanalysis being in favour with cartesian substance dualism and behaviourism rejecting it. But, psychoanalysis could not succeed in the scientific realms and behaviourism more or less failed. The other alternative to dualism is the identity theory... #philosophyofmind #dualism #identitytheory #mind #ockhamsrazor #psychoanalysis #hilaryputnam #Qualia #philosophy #gottlobfrege https://philosophyindefinitely.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/the-identity-theory/

**Is Ockham’s razor losing its edge? New perspectives on the principle of model parsimony**

_“We review recent developments, including the surprising benefits of modeling with more parameters than data, the increasing appreciation of the context-sensitivity of data and misspecification of scientific models, and the development of new modeling tools.”_

M. Dubova, S. Chandramouli, G. Gigerenzer, P. Grünwald, W. Holmes, T. Lombrozo, M. Marelli, S. Musslick, B. Nicenboim, L.N. Ross, R. Shiffrin, M. White, E. Wagenmakers, P. Bürkner, & S.J. Sloman, Is Ockham’s razor losing its edge? New perspectives on the principle of model parsimony, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (5) e2401230121, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2401230121 (2025).

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