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.
Whenever two hypotheses cover the facts, use the simpler of the two. - William Of Ockham
Whenever two hypotheses cover the facts, use the simpler of the two.
- William Of Ockham
When you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better. - William Of Ockham
When you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better.
With all things being equal, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one. - William Of Ockham
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. - William Of Ockham
The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.
No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary. - William Of Ockham
No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary.
Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem - William Of Ockham
Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem
God's existence cannot be deduced by reason alone. - William Of Ockham
God's existence cannot be deduced by reason alone.
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 br… - William Of Ockham
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 br…
Entities should not be posited unnecessarily. - William Of Ockham
Entities should not be posited unnecessarily.
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