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Occam

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[ ok-uhm ]

noun

  1. William of, died 1349?, English scholastic philosopher.


Occam

/ ˈɒə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of (William of) Ockham
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • c· noun
  • c· c·ٱ noun
  • c·t adjective
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It’s possible he's a true believer in this nonsense, but Occam's razor suggests that when politicians tell lies they do so for their own benefit.

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The pat dismissal of what appears to be obvious is suspicious in itself, and part of the reason that millions of boys are internalizing the Occam’s razor solution: They’re simply inferior.

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The scientific establishment, and more important its financial backers, have to use Occam’s razor and assume the latter — that the particle-accelerator game has somehow become rigged, and is therefore useless.

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The puzzle here might have been solved by the application of Occam’s razor, had all the variables been known at the time.

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The principle of Occam's razor, which holds that the simplest explanation for any phenomenon is most likely the right one, applies here.

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