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+title: "Occam's Razor"
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+# Occam's Razor
+
+> [!info] Also Known As
+> * the principle of parsimony
+> * the law of parsimony
+
+Recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements.
+
+Attributed to William of Ockham, 14th-century English philosopher and theologian.
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+> _Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem_
+> ("Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity")
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+> "Of two competing theories, the simpler explanation is to be preferred."