Usually means: Philosophy favoring simplicity in explanations.
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▸ noun:  Alternative form of Ockhamism [A nominalist school of philosophical thought founded by William of Ockham in the 14th century.]

Similar:
Occamist, adhocism, Thomaism, ad-hocism, Lockianism, anti-metaphysicalism, whiggism, Nietzschism, Wittgensteineanism, Leibnitzianism, more...

Opposite:
holism, complexity theory, anti-simplicity

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Similar:
Occamist, adhocism, Thomaism, ad-hocism, Lockianism, anti-metaphysicalism, whiggism, Nietzschism, Wittgensteineanism, Leibnitzianism, more...

Opposite:
holism, complexity theory, anti-simplicity



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