Libertarian commentator Dave Rubin appeared on Newsmax Friday night and offered a definition of Occam’s razor that was actually Murphy’s Law. Host John Bachman had been musing as to whether the Biden ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor) cuts through complexity with a no-nonsense approach.

The venerable logical principle known as “Occam’s razor,” attributed to the 14th-century English philosopher and theologian William of Ockham, asserts that when confronted with multiple possible ...

Occam's razor -- the principle that, when faced with competing explanations, we should choose the simplest that fits the facts -- is not just a tool of science. Occam's razor is science, insists a ...

Occam's razor was adopted by Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo and Newton to argue that Earth orbits the sun, not the other way around, because it is simpler. They used the razor to clear a path through ...

Philosophy, in simple terms, is the quest for knowledge; the pursuit of wisdom. Sometimes referred to as the “mother of all science,” every endeavor that requires logic and reasoning could use the aid ...

Regarding Andrew Crumey’s review of “Life Is Simple” (Books, Oct. 9): Occam’s razor has wide applicability to the practice of medicine. The simplest and most logical diagnosis is usually correct. This ...