Facts Quote by William of Ockham Download Open image “Whenever two hypotheses cover the facts, use the simpler of the two.” — William of Ockham ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Facts Hypothesis Simplicity Two Use
One finds the truth by making a hypothesis and comparing observations with the hypothesis. — David Douglass Copy Share Image
Hypotheses should be subservient only in explaining the properties of things but not assumed in determining them, unless so far as they may furnish… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
The only way to test a hypothesis is to look for all the information that disagrees with it. — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
You can't prove any hypothesis, you can only improve or disprove it. — Christopher Monckton Copy Share Image
Wrong hypotheses, rightly worked from, have produced more useful results than unguided observations. — Augustus De Morgan Copy Share Image
I must begin, not with hypothesis, but with specific instances, no matter how minute. — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
A hypothesis is something which looks as if it might be true and were true, and which is capable of verification or refutation by… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
Hypothesis is a toll which can cause trouble if not used properly. We must be ready to abandon our hypothesis as soon as it… — William Ian Beardmore Beveridge Copy Share Image
We first observe facts, then generalise, and then draw conclusions or principles. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate. A plurality (of reasons) should not be posited without necessity. — William of Ockham Copy Share Image
“Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate. (Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily.)” — William of Ockham Copy Share Image
Intuitive cognition of a thing is cognition that enables us to know whether the thing exists or does not exist, in such a way… — William of Ockham Copy Share Image
Of two equivalent theories or explanations, all other things being equal, the simpler one is to be preferred. — William of Ockham Copy Share Image
3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, and 7 is a prime. Why bother with non-prime numbers when the primes can do everything? — William of Ockham Copy Share Image
For nothing ought to be posited without a reason given, unless it is self-evident (literally, known through itself) or known by experience or proved… — William of Ockham Copy Share Image
My God is the green tide in the spring leaves the redness of cherries high in the air the excitement of shooting stars the… — William of Ockham Copy Share Image
It is indeed a surprising and fortunate fact that nature can be expressed by relatively low-order mathematical functions. — Rudolf Carnap Copy Share Image
So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
He bombarded me with words, of all things, apparently clueless to the fact that the predawn hours rendered me incapable of coherent thought. — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The time that one gains cannot be accumulated in a storehouse; it is contradictory to want to save up existence, which, the fact is,… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Don't take too much comfort in the fact that you're successful today because tomorrow could bring failure. There's no surety in life. — Michael Savage Copy Share Image
I am told many children block out the memory of trauma. In fact, the healing process can only truly begin when we are willing… — Phoebe Stone Copy Share Image
Because the truth is that gossip is as good as gospel in this town. You can save face but you won't ever save your… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Truth be told from compulsive liars with a history/Everything must change 2nd chances are a mystery — C-DASH Copy Share Image
We did an episode where she goes out to get a job and she gets fired because she's not good. They hire a babysitter… — Patricia Heaton Copy Share Image
