what is ockham's razor
Occam's razor. Occam's razor (also Ockham's razor; Latin: lex parsimoniae law of parsimony) is a problem-solving principle attributed to William of Ockham (c. 1287â1347), who was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, and theologian. His principle states that among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected.