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Principle Razor Explaining Assumptions Made Occam's Takes English

Word Occam's razor
Description The principle that in explaining something no more assumptions should be made than are necessary.

This principle takes its name from to the English philosopher and Franciscan friar William of Occam (c. 1285-1349)...the image is that of the razor cutting away all extraneous assumptions. The principle that in explaining something no more assumptions should be made than are necessa

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