Ockham'S Razor Methodological principle of parsimony in scientific explanation. Traditionally attributed to William of Ockham, the principle prescribes that entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity. In practice, this means that if a phenomenon can be explaine... more
Ockham’S Razor . Principle attributed to William of Ockham, that ‘entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity’ (not his own words), i.e. it is arbitrary to postulate the existence of things, or kinds of things, unless one has to. More generally, one... more
