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'Ockham's razor' - "entities should not be multiplied more than is needed" (in Latin, entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem).

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] Anthony.Sebastian 2009

If the former, they exist "objectively" like natural objects such as water and the Sun; if the latter, they are only mental entities, objects of thought, i.e., what the scholastics called entia rationis.

Archive 2006-04-01 Mike L 2006

If the former, they exist "objectively" like natural objects such as water and the Sun; if the latter, they are only mental entities, objects of thought, i.e., what the scholastics called entia rationis.

B16 on Intelligent Design: mathematics Mike L 2006

In 2005, astronomers at Cardiff University even claimed to have discovered a galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter [ref]. entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitate entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity

Experiments in Non-Relativistic Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) 2010

In 2005, astronomers at Cardiff University even claimed to have discovered a galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter [ref]. entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitate entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity

Special Post: Noether’s First Theorem – Emmy Noether for Ada Lovelace Day 2010

In 2005, astronomers at Cardiff University even claimed to have discovered a galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter [ref]. entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitate entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity

The Language of Science – it’s “just a theory” 2010

Well, the rule isn't entia non sunt multiplicant - it's that entia non sunt multiplicant unnecessarily.

amuchmoreexotic: Consciousness Esploded! amuchmoreexotic 2008

Murtha's Razor entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem,

Murtha On Bush Admin: "Nothing They've Predicted Has Turned Out To Be True" 2009

The only one of these that is Logically binding is the original formulation, "entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem", which can be expressed in mathematical terms by saying that A+B=C is better than A+D-D+B=C.

A new value for Minoan 'd' 2009

It is clear from reading these works as well as Dietrich's other scientific and philosophical writings in which he established the nature of the metaphysical elements of esse, ens, entia, and quiditas that he concerned himself with what might be called the metaphysical structure of reality.

Dietrich of Freiberg Führer, Markus 2009