| Autor: |
Adrian Danek, Thomas Rainer, Sergio Della Sala |
| Přispěvatelé: |
University of Zurich, Danek, Adrian |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Danek, A, Rainer, T & Della Sala, S 2022, ' Ockham’s razor, not a barber's weapon but a writer's tool ', Brain, vol. 145, no. 6, pp. 1870-1873 . https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awac159 |
| DOI: |
10.1093/brain/awac159 |
| Popis: |
‘Ockham’s razor’ has become a household name in science and medicine. It is used as a synonym for logical thinking and is equated to the principle of parsimony which should be applied when diagnosing and theorizing. Contrary to popular belief, however, parsimony is not a synonym of simplicity. Here, we propose a new interpretation: ‘novacula’ (razor) identifies also the scraping knife used by medieval scribes to correct errors when writing on parchment. Accordingly, ‘Ockham’s razor’ is not a call for simplicity, but a means to updating, amending and evaluating hypotheses, however complex they need be. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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