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Definition of Law of parsimony
1. Noun. The principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred.
Generic synonyms: Principle, Rule
Lexicographical Neighbors of Law Of Parsimony
Literary usage of Law of parsimony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Philosophy and Civilization in the Middle Ages by Maurice Wulf (1922)
"Need of universality; the "law of parsimony." ii. Excess resulting from the felt
need of simplifying without limit; the geocentric system and the ..."
2. Popular Science Monthly (1902)
"Parasitism, indeed, throughout the organic world is only an application of the
law of parsimony. Pauperism produced in the manner described is social ..."
3. The Divine Pedigree of Man, Or, The Testimony of Evolution and Psychology to by Thomson Jay Hudson (1899)
"The Mind of each Sentient Creature a Part of the Divine Mind.— Logical Rules of
Investigation. — The Law of Parsimony. ..."
4. A Text-book of Sociology by James Quayle Dealey, Lester Frank Ward (1905)
"The law of parsimony : 37. Shown in the pursuit of interests. 29. IT is the
function of methodology in social science to classify social phenomena in such a ..."
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