occam's razor

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Occam'ın ustura
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The principle of preferring the simpler of two competing theories
The principle that entities should not be needlessly multiplied
the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred
occam's razor

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    occam's ra·zor

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    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.
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