William of Ockham was a philosopher who proposed a simple rule for selecting between competing hypotheses. A more complex solution may not be the best.
Synonym: Ockham’s razor
A razor is term in philosophy for a rule of thumb that eliminates unnecessary explanations for a phenomenon.
William of Ockham said that one should select the hypotheses that has the fewest assumptions.
where:
• I would assume that the selected hypothesis can completely explain the phenomenon.
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