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philosophical razor

principle or rule of thumb that allows one to eliminate unlikely explanations for a phenomenon
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philosophical razor

Summary

philosophical razor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (924 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • philosophical razor's subclass of is recorded as principle[2].
  • philosophical razor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09v2v86[3].
  • philosophical razor's spoken text audio is recorded as Philosophical Razors English Narration.ogg[4].
  • philosophical razor's different from is recorded as razor[5].
  • philosophical razor's studied by is recorded as philosophy[6].
  • philosophical razor's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Logical_razor[7].
  • philosophical razor's KBpedia ID is recorded as RazorPhilosophy[8].

Why It Matters

philosophical razor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (924 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

Related Entities

philosophy

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  7. [8] ↑ . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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