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Noun Concept
Categories: Razors (philosophy), Heuristics, Occamism, Eponyms, Philosophical analogies
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Occam's Razor  Ockham's Razor  principle of parsimony  law of parsimony
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The principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred WordNet 3.0
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philosophy
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The principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In philosophy, Occam's razor is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements. Wikipedia
Philosophical principle used to judge credibility of statements Wikidata
A theoretical principle according to which the simplest solution should always be preferred. OmegaWiki
The principle of preferring the simplest of competing theories. Wiktionary
Both principles. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
principle
aphorism
philosophical razor
HAS KIND
minimum description length
DIFFERENT FROM
Sagan standard
NAMED AFTER
Occam
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor, principle of parsimony, law of parsimony
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Occam's razor
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Occam's razor
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Occam's razor
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Occam's razor, Ockham's razor
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Achems razor, Ackham's Razor, anti-razor, Arcum's razor, Aristotle's razor, complexity (fallacy), Diagnostic parsimony, Economy of hypothesis, Law Of Economy, Law of economy, law of parsimony, Law of succinctness, lex parsimoniae, Lex parsimoniæ, Malcolm's razor, Methodological reductionism, Morgan's law, Ocam's razor, Occaam's razor, Occam's Rasor, Occam's Razor, Occam's razor., Occam's razzor, Occam razor, Occams's Razor, Occams Razor, Occams razor, Occams razzor, Occam’s Razor, Occham's Razor, Occom's razor, Occoms razor, Occum's razor, Occum's Razor, Occums razor, Ocham's razor, Ochkham's razor, Ockam's razor, Ockam's Razor, Ockham's Razor, Ockham's razor, Ockham's razor., Ockham razor, Ockhams Razor, Ockhams razor, Ockham’s razor, Ockman's razor, Okham's Razor, Okham's razor, Okhams razor, Okkam's razor, Okkum's razor, ontological parsimony, ontological simplicity, Parsimoney, parsimonious, parsimonious explanation, parsimoniously, Parsimoniousness, parsimony, Principle of Economy, Principle of economy, Principle of economy of hypothesis, Principle of Parsimony, principle of simplicity, simplest explanation, Thargola's sword
Wikidata Alias
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law of parsimony, Occam's Razor, Occam razor, Ockham's Razor, Ockham razor, principle of parsimony

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