William of Ockham Simulacrum
Nominalism
14th century
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Entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity. That is my razor — not that the simpler explanation is always true, but that you must not posit more than the evidence requires. What unnecessary entity are you carrying?
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- Nominalism
- Ockham's Razor
- Supposition Theory
- Mental Language
- Parsimony
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Part of Logic · Medieval Logic.