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    Ockham's razor demands that validity criteria not be mult... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The substitutional criterion for validity is not the only criterion by which arguments/consequences can be valid.

    Ockham's razor demands that validity criteria not be multiplied beyond necessity if one criterion suffices to account for all valid inferences.

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    • 1.Simpler formal systems reduce cognitive burden and error-proneness in logic instruction and application.
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    • 2.Historical practice shows unified criteria (e.g., truth-functional validity) have successfully explained vast inference domains.
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    • 3.Multiplying criteria without empirical necessity violates parsimony and risks ad-hoc theoretical proliferation.
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    • 1.Relevance logic and paraconsistent logic capture valid inferences that truth-functional criteria systematically exclude.
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    • 2.Different domains (deductive, inductive, abductive reasoning) may genuinely require distinct validity standards, not reducible artifacts.
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    • 3.Parsimony applies to entities, not explanatory frameworks; theoretical adequacy can outweigh criterion minimalism.
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