Sharpening Occam's Razor: An Attempt to Apply Parsimony to Competing Hypotheses

Brittonia ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Caputo ◽  
Dennis Wm. Stevenson ◽  
Aldo Moretti
Keyword(s):  
Occam’S Razor ◽  
Competing Hypotheses ◽  
Occam's Razor

Comment: The blunting of Occam's Razor, or to hell with parsimony

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent E. Holsinger
Keyword(s):  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Occam’S Razor ◽  
Methodological Tool ◽  
Competing Hypotheses ◽  
Principle Of Parsimony ◽  
Occam's Razor

The principle of parsimony is a useful methodological tool in the choice between competing hypotheses if the hypotheses are of equal explanatory power. Its use is defended by the discussion of several examples, and a recent objection to its use is shown to be the result of a misinterpretation of the principle.

Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease: Applying Occam’s Razor to competing hypotheses

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 1038-1041 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID PEACOCK ◽  
GREG MUTZE ◽  
RON SINCLAIR ◽  
JOHN KOVALISKI ◽  
BRIAN COOKE
Keyword(s):  
Occam’S Razor ◽  
Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease ◽  
Competing Hypotheses ◽  
Haemorrhagic Disease ◽  
Occam's Razor

A Job for Occam's Razor

1980 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 841-842
Author(s):  
RONALD W. MARX
Keyword(s):  
Occam’S Razor ◽  
Occam's Razor

scholarly journals Understanding Retinal Vasculitis Associated with Brolucizumab: Complex Pathophysiology or Occam’s Razor?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Ashish Sharma ◽  
Nilesh Kumar ◽  
Nikulaa Parachuri ◽  
Sonali Singh ◽  
Francesco Bandello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retinal Vasculitis ◽  
Occam’S Razor ◽  
Occam's Razor

An Occam's razor view of the lead-lag dispute in global warming

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (8) ◽  
pp. 914-917
Author(s):  
Tadeusz J. Ulrych ◽  
Allan D. Woodbury
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Occam’S Razor ◽  
Occam's Razor
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