Monday, 11 May 2009

philosophy: occams razor

occams razor:
it is basically 'keeping it simple'.
the idea was developed in the 1300's by a philosopher called William Occam, and the image of a razor was used to portray the trimming of unnecessary excess.

where the simplest most logical answer is appropriate, but this is far from always appropriate.

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