Occam
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Doctors often invoke the principle of Occam’s razor, articulated by the 14th-century philosopher William of Occam, who posited that the simplest interpretation of any phenomenon is most likely the right one.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2022
But the fact that the madness got this far must discourage old William of Occam.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2020
William of Occam would have hated conspiracy theories.
From Time ● Oct. 15, 2017
Occam would indicate a different answer: guilt, hypocrisy and betrayal.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2014
Some of the later doctors of the church, Durand and Occam, opposed this theory, though they proposed a nearly allied one, called "consubstantiation," that the body and blood are present with the bread and wine.
From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved
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