Occam's Razor

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William of Ockham (also Occam, Hockham, or any of several other spellings, pronounced /ˈɒkəm/) (c. 1288 - c. 1348)

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Occam's Razor: Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem or "Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily." As a precept put forward by William of Ockham (also Occam, Hockham, Occham, Hockem, Octum, and various other spellings.)

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William of Ockham

The philosopher William of Ockham
Ockham, Surrey, birthplace of William of Ockham

Science

Occam's Razor (scientific)
Lo Pan's Razor
Crabtree's Bludgeon, a foil to Occam's Razor, and may be expressed so: "No set of mutually inconsistent observations can exist for which some human intellect cannot conceive a coherent explanation, however complicated."
Parsimony, which in the scientific method is an epistemological, metaphysical, or heuristic preference, not an irrefutable principle of logic, and certainly not a scientific result.

Technology

The occam programming language
The variant of occam programming language, Occam-π
Minimum message length, a formal information theory restatement of Occam's Razor (scientific).
MML, an abbreviation of Minimum message length
SMS, a minimal message

Occam's Razr

Medicine

Hickam's dictum, a counterargument to the use of Occam's razor in the medical profession.
Occam's Razor (House) The third episode of the first season of House.

Organisations

OCCAM: Observatory for Cultural and Audiovisual Communication in the Mediterranean and in the World
OCCAM: The Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NIH/NCI)

Razor

Blades

Occam's Razor (blade)

Companies

Norelco
Razor Entertainment, a trading cards and collectibles company based in Dallas, Texas

In music

Razor (band), a Canadian thrash metal band formed in 1984
"Razor", the last song on the album In Your Honor by the Foo Fighters
The Razors, a Belgian punk rock band formed in 1978
Razorlight, a light weight version of The Razors

In literature

"Razor" (short story), a short story by Vladimir Nabokov

People & fictional characters

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Jake "Razor" Clawson, a fictional anthropomorphic feline from the series SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
Razor Ramon, a ring name of American professional wrestler Scott Hall
Razor Suleman, CEO of I Love Rewards Inc.
Razor (Maniac Mansion), a character from a 1987 Jaleco game, Maniac Mansion
Daryl "Razor" Reaugh, ice hockey colour commentator

Objects

Motorola RAZR V3, a mobile phone
Razor Blade, a 1920s racing car
Razor clam, a clam shaped like a razor
Razor (scooter), a compact aluminium kick scooter
Razor wire, an anti-personnel security obstacle

Other uses

A Cyclon from the Telemovie "Razor"

Battlestar Galactica: Razor, a television film for Battlestar Galactica
Hanlon's razor, an adage
Vipul's Razor, a distributed, collaborative, spam detection and filtering network

Razer

Razer: most often a stylized misspelling of the word razor.
Razer, a former Canadian digital television specialty service now known as MTV2.
Razer USA Ltd, an American computer peripheral manufacturer that specialises in gaming mice
Razer (Robot), a contestant on the TV show Robot Wars
Helen Razer, an Australian radio presenter and writer

Philosophy

Occam's Razor (philosophy)

Simplicity

Simplicity is simply the act of being simple
Simplicity is the property, condition, or quality of being simple or un-combined.

Businesses

Screenshot: Simplicity PHP framework, as you can tell an extremely complex application

Simplicity Outdoor, a tractor manufacturer
Simplicity Pattern, a sewing pattern company

Computers and software

Simplicity PHP framework, an advanced, scalable and extensible PHP application framework

Music

Simplicity, a 1981 album by Tim Curry
Simplicity, a 2001 album by Cosma

Photography

Simplicity (photography), a photographic technique

Ships

USS Simplicity (SP-96), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918

Simple

Screenshot: SiMPLE, a basic programming language

In technology:

SIMPLE, a presence and instant messaging protocol suite
SiMPLE, a programming language
SIMPLE algorithm, a numerical method for Computational fluid dynamics

In other uses:

Sample. Not to be confused with simple.

Simple (abstract algebra), an algebraic structure which in some sense cannot be divided by a smaller structure of the same type
Simple living or voluntary simplicity, an alternative lifestyle to consumerism
Simple Shoes, an American shoe brand, a division of Deckers Outdoor Corporation
Simples, a philosophical concept of objects without parts
Simple, a medicinal herb or a medicine made from one; see Herbalism
Simple (Andy Yorke album), an album by English singer-songwriter Andy Yorke
Fee simple, a form of land ownership

Peter Simple

Peter Simple, pseudonym of and newspaper column by the British journalist Michael Wharton
Peter Simple (novel), 1834 seafaring novel by Marryat
Peter Simple (racehorse)