law of parsimony
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A 14th-century philosopher and Franciscan friar, William is celebrated for developing the "law of parsimony," better known today as "Occam's razor."
From Time • Oct. 15, 2017
The premium on pith is enshrined in perhaps science's most important law, known as the law of parsimony, or Ockham's razor.
From Time Magazine Archive
If it may, then to import it into the controversy is to violate the law of parsimony or maxim of philosophy, that it is wrong to multiply causes beyond what are necessary.
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert
The propounder of natural selection might be expected to make the most of the principle, and to overwork the law of parsimony in its behalf.
From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Gray, Asa
No higher form of being than this can be needed, and so by the law of parsimony a hypothesis of any other must be excluded.
From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.
