Western philosophy and science have for the most part been committed to the Simplicity Theory of Truth: the simplest theory that accounts for the data is the true theory. Men see with arrogant eyes which organize everything seen with reference to themselves and their own interests. (Cambridge University Press, London: 1949), p. Albert Einstein, "Autobiographical Notes" in Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist', P.A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the more extended its area of applicability.While Occam's razor is a useful tool in the physical sciences, it can be a very dangerous implement in biology. What is found in biology is mechanisms, mechanisms built with chemical components and that are often modified by other, later, mechanisms added to the earlier ones.His principle states that among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected.
1287–1347), who was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, and theologian. Occam's razor (also Ockham's razor Latin: lex parsimoniae " law of parsimony") is a problem-solving principle attributed to William of Ockham (c. A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the more extended its area of applicability.
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