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Ockham's Razor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2009

Sharon Kaye
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Abstract

Ockham's razor is one of the best-known and most useful tools in the philosopher's toolkit. Here Sharon Kaye explains how the razor works, and also how it may have come by its name.

Type
Research Article
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Think , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , Summer 2003 , pp. 91 - 95
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2003

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