Occam's Razor

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Occam's Razor a.k.a. the principle of parsimony or the law of parsimony. It was stated by William of Ockham, that

Don't multiply without necessity![1]

The same statement is often mistakenly stated as follow: When there are choices amongst possible answers, the shortest answer is the best answer.


References

  1. Schaffer, Jonathan (2015). What Not to Multiply Without Necessity (PDF). Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 93. pp. 644–664. doi:10.1080/00048402.2014.992447. 

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