Occam's razor

English Alternative forms en Ockham's razor Etymology en the English Franciscan theologist William of Occam William of Ockham, an advocate of the law of parsimony, and the idea of a razor as a tool that trims or shaves. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Occam's razor.wav Southern England Proper noun en epistemology philosophy The principle of preferring the simplest of competing theories. en law of parsimony principle of parsimony en 2005 Clutch Burning Beard Bugger, bugger, bugger dumb the last of academe / Occam's razor makes the cutting clean / Shaven like a banker, Lilac Vegeta Translations principle Armenian: hy Օկամի ածելի Bulgarian: bg бръсна́ч на О́кам m Catalan: ca navalla d'Occam f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 奧卡姆剃刀 Àokǎmǔ tìdāo Czech: cs Occamova břitva f Danish: da Ockhams ragekniv Dutch: nl Ockhams scheermes n Estonian: et Ockhami habemenuga Finnish: fi Occamin partaveitsi French: fr rasoir d'Occam m rasoir d’Occam Galician: gl navalla de Occam f German: de Ockhams Rasiermesser n Hebrew: he תערו של אוקאם m ta’aru shel Okkam Hungarian: hu Occam borotvája Icelandic: is rakhnífur Ockhams m Indonesian: id pisau Ockham Interlingua: ia rasorio de Occam Italian: it rasoio di Occam m Japanese: ja オッカムの剃刀 Okkamu no kamisori Korean: ko 오컴-의 면도날 Latin: la novacula Guillelmi de Ockham f Lithuanian: lt Okamo skustuvas m Norwegian: no Ockhams barberkniv m Persian: fa تیغ اوکام tiġ okâm Polish: pl brzytwa Ockhama f Portuguese: pt navalha de Occam f, pt navalha de Ockham f, pt lâmina de Occam f, pt lâmina de Ockham f Romanian: ro briciul lui Occam n Russian: ru бри́тва О́ккама f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Окамова бритва f Latin: sh Okamova britva f, sh Occamova oštrica f Slovene: sl Occamova britev m, sl Occamovo rezilo n Spanish: es navaja de Occam f Swedish: sv Ockhams rakkniv c Thai: th หลักการของออคแคม làk gaan kŏng òkkaem Turkish: tr Occam'ın usturası, tr Ockham'ın usturası Ukrainian: uk принцип простоти m, uk бри́тва О́ккама f See also en Occam's broom Hanlon's razor Hitchens' razor Newton's flaming laser sword when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras Further reading