Ockham's razor

Ock·ham's razor

also Oc·cam's razor O0024600 (ŏk′əmz) n. A rule in science and philosophy stating that the simplest of two or more competing theories is preferable; for example, an explanation of a new phenomenon should first be attempted in terms of what is already known, without adding further entities or principles. Also called law of parsimony.

[After William of Ockham.]

Ockham's razor

Occam's razor

n (Philosophy) a maxim, attributed to William of Ockham, stating that in explaining something assumptions must not be needlessly multiplied. Also called: the principle of economy

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Ockham's Razor - the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferredlaw of parsimony, Occam's Razor, principle of parsimonyprinciple, rule - a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"

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noun the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly

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