Top 21 William Of Ockham Quotes

#1. Entities should not be posited unnecessarily.

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#2. All things being equal, the simplest solution tends to be the best one.

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#3. The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.

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#4. Whenever two hypotheses cover the facts, use the simpler of the two.

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#5. When you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better.

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#6. Keep things simple.

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#7. Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate. (Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily.)

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#8. Of two equivalent theories or explanations, all other things being equal, the simpler one is to be preferred.

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#9. Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.

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#10. The simplest explanation is usually the right one

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#11. Simpler explanations are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones.

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#12. 3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, and 7 is a prime. Why bother with non-prime numbers when the primes can do everything?

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#13. Plurality should not be assumed without necessity.

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#14. With all things being equal, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one.

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#15. Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.

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#16. First it must be known that only a spoken word or a conventional sign is an equivocal or univocal term; therefore a mental contentor concept is, strictly speaking, neither equivocal nor univocal.

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#17. Entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity.

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#18. My God is
the green tide in the spring leaves
the redness of cherries high in the air
the excitement of shooting stars
the song of birds in summer branches
the sunrise on a winter's morning
the name of everything we don't understand ...

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#19. For nothing ought to be posited without a reason given, unless it is self-evident (literally, known through itself) or known by experience or proved by the authority of Sacred Scripture.

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#20. God's existence cannot be deduced by reason alone.

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#21. Plurality is not to be posited without necessity.

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