• In philosophy, Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor or Ocham's razor; Latin: novacula Occami) is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching...
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  • also invoked Occam's razor. In 2007, Michael Kinsley observed in The New York Times that Hitchens was rather fond of applying Occam's razor to religious...
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    political controversies of the 14th century. He is commonly known for Occam's razor, the methodological principle that bears his name, and also produced...
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  • proof lies upon a person making empirically unfalsifiable claims Occam's razor § Anti-razors Zebra (medicine) – Exotic diagnosis in medicine which is usually...
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  • for them. He notices a car arriving, dropping off Mo and Mitch. 5 5 "Occam's Razor" Jennifer Lynch Ryan Murphy & Ian Brennan October 13, 2022 (2022-10-13)...
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    exist in one of the few universes that support life. Debates around Occam's razor and the simplicity of the multiverse versus a single universe arise...
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  • The Jargon File now calls it a "Murphyism". The name was inspired by Occam's razor. Some of the oldest attributions of the idea date to the 18th century...
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    It is named after philosopher William of Ockham after whom Occam's razor is named. occam is an imperative procedural language (such as Pascal). It was...
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    applies Occam's Razor unrestrictedly, then it recommends monism until pluralism either receives more support or is disproved. If one applies Occam's Razor only...
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  • the free dictionary. Parsimony may refer to: The law of parsimony, or Occam's razor, a problem-solving principle Maximum parsimony (phylogenetics), an optimality...
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