"Do not unnecessarily multiply explanatory entities." The philosophical and scientific rule stating that the simplest of two or more competing theories or explanations is preferable.
"Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem." Latin for "Entities should not be multiplied more than necessary." That is, the fewer assumptions on which an explanation of a phenomenon depends, the better it is; A rule in science and philosophy stating that the simplest of two or more competing theories is more likely to be correct
The principle that the simplest of explanations is most often the correct explanation.
The philosophical construct that says that the simplest explanation that answers all the questions about a problem is probably the correct one.
The principle of preferring the simplest explanation of event, "a person should not increase beyond what is necessary the number of entities required to explain anything".
Rule of medieval philosopher William of Occam that one should not burden the explanation of a phenomenon with more than a minimum number of assumptions or involved interpretations.
The belief that of several, equally effectinve alternative explanations, the one that makes the fewest assumptions should be accepted.
a way of approaching the development of a scientific model based on the belief that ``the best model is the simplest one---the one requiring the fewest assumptions and modifications in order to fit the observations'' (i.e., nature prefers the simplest most elegant solution).
A principle that states that, given the choice between two or more possible explanations, the simpler of them is the preferred, since it requires the least number of assumptions. Reference section 1.9
level: Introductory (1) [ order by level] A philosophical principle according to which one should not make more assumptions than are necessary to explain the facts at hand.
the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred
which can be paraphrased by saying that the simplest model capable of representing data, is usually the best. That general advice pre-supposes knowledge of signal and noise components of the time series and the appropriate level of complexity for a network function.
William of Occam was a fourteenth century philosopher who enunciated the principle " pluritas non est ponenda sine necessitate", or "nature likes things as simple as possible." In other words, in developing a theory, the simpler the explanation of a given phenomena that takes into account all the experimental evidence, the more likely it is to be correct. This could also be called the KISS principle: "keep it simple, stupid."
level: Comprehensive (3) [ order by level] Expression referring to the principle articulated by fourteenth-century English philosopher William Occam, who said that when given a choice of explanations, the one containing the fewest possible assertions is the best.
A principle in scientific thought that if two hypotheses equally fit the observed facts, the simpler one is probably the correct one: "Since dogs cannot talk, Occam's razor leads me to conclude that you must be a cat."
The principle that we should always prefer the simplest explanation of events.
The notion that simpler explanations are generally better.
Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor) is a principle attributed to the 14th-century English logician and Franciscan friar William of Ockham. The principle states that the explanation of any phenomenon should make as few assumptions as possible, eliminating, or "shaving off", those that make no difference in the observable predictions of the explanatory hypothesis or theory.
Occam's Razor is the third episode of the first season of House and the third episode overall.