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Occam
[ok-uhm]
noun
William of, died 1349?, English scholastic philosopher.
Occam
/ ˈɒ°ìÉ™³¾ /
noun
a variant spelling of (William of) Ockham
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- Occamism noun
- Occamist noun
- Occamite noun
- Occamistic adjective
Example Sentences
Asked what he would have done different four years ago, Baffert offered an Occam’s razor kind of answer.
It’s possible he's a true believer in this nonsense, but Occam's razor suggests that when politicians tell lies they do so for their own benefit.
The pat dismissal of what appears to be obvious is suspicious in itself, and part of the reason that millions of boys are internalizing the Occam’s razor solution: They’re simply inferior.
The scientific establishment, and more important its financial backers, have to use Occam’s razor and assume the latter — that the particle-accelerator game has somehow become rigged, and is therefore useless.
The puzzle here might have been solved by the application of Occam’s razor, had all the variables been known at the time.
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