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Occam's Razor | ||||
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Occam's Razor | has author William of Ockham | ![]() |
has name origin Entia non sunt multiplicanda ("Entities are not to be multiplied") | ![]() | |
has formulation date fourteenth century | ![]() | |
has definition Any hypothesis should be shorn of all unnecessary assumptions; if two hypotheses fit the observations equally well, the one that makes the fewest assumptions should be chosen. | ![]() | |
is a kind of doctrine | ![]() |