tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post3572732563122805257..comments2023-10-08T15:51:17.426+00:00Comments on Beyond Necessity: Reducing HesperusEdward Ockhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583379503310147119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post-15853361091601575472010-08-31T15:43:34.397+00:002010-08-31T15:43:34.397+00:00>>Does this amount to a case of theory chang...>>Does this amount to a case of theory change? <br /><br />Well that's the question. Someone at Bill's place sought sought to evade the consequence that all reduction involves elimination by claiming that simple identity does not involve elimination. He is right, but then is simple identity a theory change? Probably not, as you point out.Edward Ockhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583379503310147119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post-28567378515230891182010-08-31T14:21:20.035+00:002010-08-31T14:21:20.035+00:00Does this amount to a case of theory change? It s...Does this amount to a case of theory change? It seems there is no change in the belief as to what heavenly bodies are, just recognition that some double-counting has taken place. Like miscounting the teaspoons. But this is to use the modern concept of planet. If the ancients thought of the planets as gods, all with different characters, they may have felt that some more explaining was called for.David Brightlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06757969974801621186noreply@blogger.com