Occam's razor
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
After William of Occam, an advocate of the law of parsimony, and the idea of a razor as a tool that trims or shaves. See citations for coinage.
Proper noun
- (epistemology) The principle of preferring the simplest of competing theories.
Synonyms
- law of parsimony
Translations
both principles
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