Occam's razor

Summary

Occam's razor is a philosophical razor^[1]. It draws 5,257 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_razor category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2]

Key Facts

• Occam's razor's image is recorded as Pluralitas.jpg^[3].
• Occam's razor's image is recorded as The Ockraz Logo.svg^[4].
• Occam's razor's instance of is recorded as philosophical razor^[5].
• Occam's razor's instance of is recorded as aphorism^[6].
• Occam's razor's instance of is recorded as Epigrammatic law^[7].
• Occam's razor's instance of is recorded as heuristic argument^[8].
• William of Ockham is named after Occam's razor^[9].
• Occam's razor's depicts is recorded as parsimony^[10].
• Occam's razor's GND ID is recorded as 4590566-6^[11].
• Occam's razor's Commons category is recorded as Occam's razor^[12].
• Occam's razor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/095z9^[13].
• Occam's razor's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0196081^[14].
• Occam's razor's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[15].
• Occam's razor's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[16].
• Occam's razor's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Occams-razor^[17].
• Occam's razor's different from is recorded as extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence^[18].
• Occam's razor's NE.se ID is recorded as ockhams-rakkniv^[19].
• Occam's razor's Quora topic ID is recorded as Occams-Razor^[20].
• Occam's razor's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as occams-razor^[21].
• Occam's razor's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Ockhams_barberkniv^[22].
• Occam's razor's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 137873^[23].
• Occam's razor's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["PhysicalEffect", "OccamsRazor"]^[24].
• Occam's razor's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[25].
• Occam's razor's World of Physics ID is recorded as OckhamsRazor^[26].
• Occam's razor's World of Physics ID is recorded as OccamsRazor^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Occam's razor include Hanlon's razor^[28], an aphorism^[29] and Hitchens' razor^[30], a principle^[31].

Why It Matters

Occam's razor draws 5,257 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_razor category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 108 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include Hanlon's razor^[28], an aphorism^[29] and Hitchens' razor^[30], a principle^[31].