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William of Ockham Quotes: The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.
         

The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.


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Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem



For nothing ought to be posited without a reason given, unless it is self-evident (literally, known through itself) or known by experience or proved by the authority of Sacred Scripture.

For nothing ought to be posited without a reason given, unless it is self-evident (literally, known through itself) or known by experience or proved by the authority of Sacred Scripture.



God's existence cannot be deduced by reason alone.

God's existence cannot be deduced by reason alone.



With all things being equal, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one.

With all things being equal, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one.



It is vain to do with more what can be done with less.

It is vain to do with more what can be done with less.



Simpler explanations are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones.

Simpler explanations are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones.



When you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better.

When you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better.



Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.

Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.



No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary.

No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary.



Entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity.

Entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity.





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