...most prolific user, as "Ockham's razor"—has been widely recognized in philosophy. The principle that "what can be done with fewer assumptions is done in vain with more" and its modern version as a thoroughly accepted philosophic dictum that "entities are not to be multiplied...

...most prolific user, as "Ockham's razor"—has been widely recognized in philosophy. The principle that "what can be done with fewer assumptions is done in vain with more" and its modern version as a thoroughly accepted philosophic dictum that "entities are not to be multiplied...

...quickly reviews his achievements, for which he invokes “Occam's razor” (William of Occam's axiom, “What can be done with fewer assumptions is done in vain with more”). He realizes that the issues that preoccupied his youth—money, sex, and “the problem of certainty—are...

...evidence, the profiler applies an age-old rule known as "ockhams razor" which, originally stated, is "what can be done with fewer assumptions is done in vain with more." ,2 This 14th century philosophy has, in investigative circles, generally come to mean that given a...

...evidence, the profiler applies an age-old rule known as “ockhams razor” which, originally stated, is “what can be done with fewer assumptions is done in vain with more.” 2 This 14th century philosophy has, in investigative circles, generally come to mean that given a problem...

...destroyed Scholasticism's fusion of reason and faith, which was a prelude to its death. He insisted that “what can be done with fewer assumptions is done in vain with more.” This principle became known as OckharT¿s razor.'° However, the end for Scholasticism did not come...

...logically indefensible, especially if one places any stock at all in Ockham's razor—the principle that "What can be done with fewer [assumptions] is done in vain with more." 5 ''To salvage Fugate, you must be willing to assume: first, that the Soviet sources most likely to...

...tested before less simple hypotheses. This claim is expressed by the precept known as Ockham's razor: "What can be done with fewer assumptions is done in vain with more." ated and destroyed by processes that obey universal and timeless physical laws, but they can't be deduced...

...the wider principle of simplicity or parsimony. ‘Plurality is not to be assumed without necessity', ‘What can be done with fewer assumptions is done in vain with more—neither of these has sufficient edge. (Moody, 1967) Still, there can be no doubt of the strength...

...Remembering Brain at Work,” Science News 140, November 23, 1991, p. 333. ix8. “Occam's razor” (roughly, “what can be done with fewer assumptions is done in vain with more”), used to “shave off” superfluous hypotheses or entities, is named after English scholastic philosopher...