William of Occam

The 14th century English logician William of Occam theorized that all things being equal, the simplest or most obvious of two explanations is typically the correct one today known as "Occam's Razor".

Dean Garfield: A Tale of Two Deficit Debate Outcomes Dean Garfield 2011

The 14th century English logician William of Occam theorized that all things being equal, the simplest or most obvious of two explanations is typically the correct one today known as "Occam's Razor".

Dean Garfield: A Tale of Two Deficit Debate Outcomes Dean Garfield 2011

The 14th century English logician William of Occam theorized that all things being equal, the simplest or most obvious of two explanations is typically the correct one today known as "Occam's Razor".

Dean Garfield: A Tale of Two Deficit Debate Outcomes Dean Garfield 2011

And when this view combined with William of Occam's "razor"—the principle that the best argument is the one with the fewest unnecessary parts—philosophers eventually felt emboldened to exclude God from any explanation of natural phenomena: and, in time, from any argument at all.

Blame It on Calvin & Luther Barton Swaim 2012

The 14th century English logician William of Occam theorized that all things being equal, the simplest or most obvious of two explanations is typically the correct one today known as "Occam's Razor".

Dean Garfield: A Tale of Two Deficit Debate Outcomes Dean Garfield 2011

The 14th century English logician William of Occam theorized that all things being equal, the simplest or most obvious of two explanations is typically the correct one today known as "Occam's Razor".

Dean Garfield: A Tale of Two Deficit Debate Outcomes Dean Garfield 2011

Only very recently, I discovered that Ockham is the birthplace of William of Occam c. 1288 - c. 1348, of Occam's Razor fame I had always known him as William of Occam, so I had never made the connection.

Because I could EliRabett 2010

It relies on deductive logic which William of Occam would have been okay with to identify the truth in pursuit of justice.

The Sins of the Father, by Catherine Hanley. Book review. Carla 2009

The fourteenth-century English theologian William of Occam wrote that when searching for answers and explanations, the simplest theory is usually right.

Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009

The fourteenth-century English theologian William of Occam wrote that when searching for answers and explanations, the simplest theory is usually right.

Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009