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Ockham's razor
–noun
Occam's razor.
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Ock·ham's razor also Oc·cam's razor    Audio Help   (ŏk'əmz)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A rule in science and philosophy stating that entities should not be multiplied needlessly. This rule is interpreted to mean that the simplest of two or more competing theories is preferable and that an explanation for unknown phenomena should first be attempted in terms of what is already known. Also called law of parsimony.


[After William of Ockham.]

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ockham's razor

noun
the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred [syn: Occam's Razor] 

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Occam's razor or Ockham's razor    Audio Help   (ŏk'əmz)  Pronunciation Key 
A rule in science and philosophy stating that entities should not be multiplied needlessly. This rule is interpreted to mean that the simplest of two or more competing theories is preferable and that an explanation for unknown phenomena should first be attempted in terms of what is already known. Occam's razor is named after the deviser of the rule, English philosopher and theologian William of Ockham (1285?-1349?).

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