William of Ockham is the medieval philosopher who gave us what is perhaps the world’s only metaphysical knife. Raised by Franciscan friars and educated at Oxford in the late 13th century, he focused ...

A new article argues that by relying too much on parsimony in modeling, scientists make mistakes and miss opportunities. Medieval friar William of Ockham posited a famous idea: always pick the ...

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Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition, Vol. 177, No. 12 (December 2020), pp. 3679-3694 (16 pages) Ockham's Razor advises us to not multiply entities ...

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Medieval friar William of Ockham posited a famous idea: always pick the simplest explanation. Often referred to as the parsimony principle, “Ockham’s razor” has shaped scientific decisions for ...