Occam's razor

Oc·cam's razor

 (ŏk′əmz)

n.

Variant of Ockham's razor.

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Occam's razor

n

(Philosophy) a variant spelling of Ockham's razor

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Oc′cam's ra′zor

n.

the principle in philosophy and science that assumptions introduced to explain a thing must not be multiplied beyond necessity, and hence the simplest of several hypotheses is always the best in accounting for unexplained facts.

Also called law of parsimony.

[1835–40; after William of Occam]

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Noun

1.

Occam's Razor - the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred law of parsimony, Ockham's Razor, principle of parsimony principle, 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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Translations

Occam’s razor

n to apply Occam’s razor to something → etw komprimieren, etw auf das Wesentliche beschränken

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