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PARSIMONY, See also:LAW OF (See also:Lat. parsimonia, from parcere, to See also:save) , the name given to See also:William of See also:Occam's principle " Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem," i.e. that it is scientifically unsound to set up more than one See also:hypothesis at once to explain a phenomenon. This principle is known as " Occam's See also:razor " (see OCCAM, WILLIAM OF).

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