Occam's Razor

Pluralitus non est ponenda sine neccesitate



Occam's razor


The Skeptics Dictionary quotes the Razor as Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate, or

 “plurality should not be posited without necessity," 

while Wikipedia defines Ockham's razor as follows: ... Brother Ockham, however, said nothing of the kind.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor

Richard Swinburne argues for simplicity on logical grounds:

... the simplest hypothesis proposed as an explanation of phenomena is more likely to be the true one than is any other available hypothesis, that its predictions are more likely to be true than those of any other available hypothesis, and that it is an ultimate a priori epistemic principle that simplicity is evidence for truth.

— Swinburne 1997

A problem statement is a concise description of an issue to be addressed or a condition to be improved upon. It identifies the gap between the current (problem) state and desired (goal) state of a process or product. ... As such, it is crucial for the problem statement to be clear and unambiguous.

‎Purpose · ‎Defining the problem · ‎Writing the problem ...