Philosophical Writings: A Selection
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“Plurality is never to be posited without necessity.”
Source: Quaestiones et decisiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi
“Whenever two hypotheses cover the facts, use the simpler of the two.”
Source: Philosophical Writings: A Selection
“No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary.”
Source: Philosophical Writings: A Selection
“Plurality is not to be posited without necessity.”
Source: Philosophical Writings: A Selection
“With all things being equal, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one.”
“The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.”
“Simpler explanations are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones.”
“Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.”