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  Occam's razor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor) is a principle attributed to the 14th-century English logician and Franciscan friar William of Ockham (Guilhelmi Ockam and Guillermi de Ockam in Latin [1]).
Occam's razor states that the explanation of any phenomenon should make as few assumptions as possible, eliminating, or "shaving off," those that make no difference in the observable predictions of the explanatory hypothesis or theory.
Ockham's Razor, an essay at The Galilean Library on the historical and philosophical implications by Paul Newall.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Occam's_Razor   (5204 words)

  
 Razor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plastic disposable razors and razors with replaceable disposable blade attachments, often with two or three cutting edges (but sometimes with four and as of recently, five cutting edges), are in common use today.
Razor wire is a mesh of metal strips with sharp edges whose purpose it is to prevent passage by human beings.
Razor wire is sharper than the barbs of barbed wire, though not as sharp as a true razor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Razor   (1057 words)

  
 Sharpen a Razor Instructions
People, who often use razors, know: the cutting edge is growing, meaning that the very fine burr on the cutting edge (which can be seen under the microscope) changes whenever the razor is used, but it finally goes back to its old position and will become very fine again.
The basic materials for good straight razors are standard steels with a carbon content of 0.6% and greater and which attain a maximum of hardness, elasticity and resistance to wear in a careful process of tempering and treatment.
This unnecessarily caused the straight razor to function far from optimal, and therefore comparable with the new inventions, which of course was the beginning of the end.
www.knifecenter.com /knifecenter/sharpen/instrazor.html   (4831 words)

  
 What is Occam's Razor?
Occam's (or Ockham's) razor is a principle attributed to the 14th century logician and Franciscan friar; William of Occam.
Ernst Mach advocated a version of Occam's razor which he called the Principle of Economy, stating that "Scientists must use the simplest means of arriving at their results and exclude everything not perceived by the senses.
It is ironic that while applying the principle of economy to throw out the concept of the ether and an absolute rest frame, Einstein published almost simultaneously a paper on brownian motion which confirmed the reality of molecules and thus dealt a blow against the use of positivism.
math.ucr.edu /home/baez/physics/General/occam.html   (1251 words)

  
 Dodge Razor concept car
Dodge Razor's only ornamentations are the chrome bumpers, the racing-style billet-aluminum gas cap, the classic door handles and mirrors and the jewel-like lamp design.
The Razor was styled/designed by Akino Tsuchiya, Kevin R. Verduyn, and Thomas G. Tremont.
The Razor may well appear as the Dodge Scooter; a picture of a small, low-slung vehicle by that name was shown recently.
www.allpar.com /model/concepts/dodge-razor.html   (454 words)

  
 Welcome to Razor Motors
Razor motors has been temporarily closed down for personal reasons.
Their RPM drops considerably as the current is increased, while the Razor does not.
I believe that Razor Motors are the best motors in the world in their size/weight class, and that they speak for themselves.
www.razormotors.com   (654 words)

  
 What is Ockham's Razor?
Ockham's Razor is the principle proposed by William of Ockham in the fourteenth century: ``Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate'', which translates as ``entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily''.
For all we know the solar system is permeated by an alien intellect, but the motion of the planets, which can be explained by the simple idea that there is a force between them and the sun, provides no evidence of the aliens' presence nor proves their absence.
A more straightforward application of the Razor is when we are face with two theories which have the same predictions and the available data cannot distinguish between them.
phyun5.ucr.edu /~wudka/Physics7/Notes_www/node10.html   (640 words)

  
 RAZOR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
I’m sure most of the other RAZOR maniacs felt exactly the same at the time, and nothing could convince them to mask their prejudices and accept new efforts of too much modified band as equals to its early classics.
If I got it right, the end of your romance with RAZOR started with M-Bro and Mike Campagnolo leaving the band and by the time of the “Violent Restitution” recording sessions you knew it was going to be your last album under RAZOR’s banner.
RAZOR certainly had to feel it was for the better, at least directly after the creation of Rob's first project with the band.
www.voicesfromthedarkside.de /interviews/razor.htm   (3107 words)

  
 Occam's Razor
Occam's razor is a logical principle attributed to the mediaeval philosopher
In any given model, Occam's razor helps us to "shave off" those concepts, variables or constructs that are not really needed to explain the phenomenon.
Occam's razor is especially important for universal models such as the ones developed in General Systems Theory, mathematics or philosophy, because there the subject domain is of an unlimited complexity.
pespmc1.vub.ac.be /OCCAMRAZ.html   (484 words)

  
 The Razor Motorcycle Trailer, ground loading
I have been taking a motorcycle that we are raffling off around on my Razor Trailer for several months, keeping the bike loaded on the trailer at one of our Fire Stations when not on display.
One day, the Fire truck that was normally assigned to that station was out on a call and a truck from another station came by to stand by.
When they finally did stop, the rollup door on the back was damaged, the trailer tongue had a slight bit of paint chipped off, the wiring harness had been cut by the rollup door, the base of the tile column had some broken tiles, and the motorcycle was undamaged.
www.jwww.com /razor   (853 words)

  
 Vipul's Razor: home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The release of Vipul's Razor v2.82 is now available for public download.
Vipul's Razor is a distributed, collaborative, spam detection and filtering network.
Through user contribution, Razor establishes a distributed and constantly updating catalogue of spam in propagation that is consulted by email clients to filter out known spam.
razor.sourceforge.net   (128 words)

  
 Occam's razor
What is known as Occam's razor was a common principle in medieval philosophy and was not originated by William, but because of his frequent usage of the principle, his name has become indelibly attached to it.
For example, atheists often apply Occam's razor in arguing against the existence of God on the grounds that God is an unnecessary hypothesis.
On the other hand, if Occam's razor means that when confronted with two explanations, an implausible one and a probable one, a rational person should select the probable one, then the principle seems unnecessary because so obvious.
skepdic.com /occam.html   (1240 words)

  
 Neil Wayne - The Razor Man   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Razors of this quality were usually trade or display samples.
Razors left the factories of Victorian Sheffield wrapped in twists of waxed paper, then packed within their gold embossed pressed paper 'coffin-cases', then in boxed 'half-dozens'- and here I offer one of these
Copper/brass is a very rare handle material, and this flat-cased crested pair of Copper-handled razors is by J W Stutter, Shoreditch, London, who may also have been a surgical instrument maker in the 1880s.
www.freedmus.demon.co.uk /RAZOR.HTM   (2197 words)

  
 The Age Blogs: Razor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Here at the Razor Institute for the Study of Computer-Induced Unwellness, we have been trying to identify the particular malady that (a) causes certain people to become obsessed with the application of technology, leading inevitably to (b) an equally obsessive rejection of technology.
Given that Razor is a somewhat older fart even than Scoble, we were surprised to find Atariboy's content appealed to us too.
Razor doesn't have any illusions about the diligence with which the corporate world is looking after our personal data - we doubt they even know how bad things are and what a gullible lot we are.
blogs.theage.com.au /razor   (2749 words)

  
 Visible.com - Products : Razor
Release Management: Release conditions are easy to set up; release definitions are archived and can be reconstructed in the future; process rules can be linked to release conditions to enforce required control.
The Razor tools may be used collectively as a tool suite or independently.
Therefore, it is envisioned that one approach for interfacing the activity stored by Razor with third party tools would be to utilize the issue control groups for “defect” tracking; version control groups for “versioning” and threads control groups for “release” or “baseline”.
www.visible.com /Products/Razor   (300 words)

  
 Debian -- razor
Razor establishes a distributed and constantly updating catalogue of spam in propagation.
On receiving a spam, a Razor Reporting Agent (run by an end-user or a troll box) calculates and submits a 20-character unique identification of the spam (a SHA Digest) to its closest Razor Catalogue Server.
Prior to manual processing or transport-level reception, Razor Filtering Agents (end-users and MTAs) check their incoming mail against a Catalogue Server and filter out or deny transport in case of a signature match.
packages.debian.org /unstable/mail/razor   (205 words)

  
 Occam's Razor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Occam's Razor is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
In its simplest form, a razor is a steel blade attached to a handle.
Straight razors (also called cut-throat razors) with open steel blades were the most common before the 20th century—and, in many countries, until the 1950s.
www.experiencefestival.com /occams_razor   (952 words)

  
 Dodge - Dodge Life - Past and Future - Concept Cars - Razor
True to minimalist form, Dodge Razor's only ornamentations are the chrome bumpers, the racing-style billet-aluminum gas cap, the classic door handles and mirrors and the jewel-like lamp design.
Dodge Razor offers its two occupants lightweight, competition-style seats, four-point racing harnesses, storage behind their seats and the pure joy of driving.
Searching for a name that reflected the car's energy and attitude, the Chrysler Group approached Razor USA to form a licensing partnership with the trendsetting and youthful RazorTM brand.
www.dodge.com /dodge_life/past_and_future/concept_cars/razor.html?context=dodge_life-past_and_future-concept_cars-srt8&type=textNav   (412 words)

  
 How to Spot a Fake Razor
We have become aware that some companies are not only copying our design of the Razor mini-scooter, but some are even going to the extent of using our Razor logo, and trying to make their cheap product look as similar to our Razor as possible.
The handlebar ends where they are inserted into the headtube on the Razor are smooth and rounded, on the fakes they are rough and flat.
The die-casting process of the fake Razor leaves a circle on the underside of the brake pedal.
www.wppracing.com /FakeRazor.htm   (371 words)

  
 Razor's Edge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Razor's Edge is often described as the story of Larry, a war veteran who forsakes a comfortable life in Chicago "society" for a vague spiritual quest.
It is better appreciated as a portrait of his acquaintances, whose conventional lifestyles are starkly contrasted to the path walked by the seeker.
The Razor's Edge instead reveals much about the spiritual path by focusing on people more like the typical reader, people who do not give up materialistic Western striving.
www.mayogenuine.com /razors_edge.htm   (1948 words)

  
 Razor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Razor is an Assistant program (similar to the popular UOAssist) for player run Ultima Online shards.
Razor strives to offer peace of mind to server administrators.
Razor is committed to eliminating exploits and helping Developers correct loop holes to ensure free shards can be enjoyed by everyone.
www.runuo.com /razor   (154 words)

  
 What is Occam's Razor?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
William used the principle to justify many conclusions including the statement that "God's existence can not be deduced by reason alone." That one didn't make him very popular with the Pope.
But uncertainty and the non-existence of the ether can not be deduced from Occam's Razor alone.
To begin with we used Occam's razor to separate theories which would predict the same result for all experiments.
www.weburbia.com /physics/occam.html   (1064 words)

  
 Razor 94-7 Home Page
Razor 94-7 and Miller Lite wanna put you in the Endzone for the Dec. 17th game against Detroit!
Razor 94-7 and Miller Lite are going on tour to find the next Guitar Hero!
Join the Razor at select Guitar Hero Tour Stops to play against our very own "guitar hero", Cutter to win a copy of Red Octanes' Guitar Hero II for Playstation II and qualify to be the Extreme Razor Fan of 2007!
www.razor947.com   (280 words)

  
 CNN.com - Gillette: New disposable razor hums, makes hair stand on end - Jan. 16, 2004
Peter K. Hofman, president of the blades and razors division of Gillette, shows off his company's souped-up version of the Mach3Turbo razor.
Gillette rolled out a new high-tech, premium razor Thursday, a souped-up version of the Mach3Turbo featuring 62 patents and a tiny, battery-powered motor that emits pulses that work on the skin to prop up hair so it can be lopped off more easily.
Peter Hoffman, president of Gillette's blades and razors division, declined to give specific sales guidance but said he expected comparable results to the rollout of Mach3Turbo, which generated $300 million in sales in its first year.
edition.cnn.com /2004/TECH/ptech/01/16/gillette.newrazor.ap/index.html   (569 words)

  
 ~RAZOR~
Razor is a phenominal hound that is consistently producing top coondogs all of the nation.
Razor is 9 old now and in 2006- we will be making a couple of crosses to Razor by close relatives and some powerhouse females as well.
Razor has FOUR other dogs with Field Trial pts that we are aware of: Tank, Donna (has her 1st and needs just 30 pts to finish), Daisy, and Deuce
trredbones.tripod.com /id6.html   (1794 words)

  
 Ockham's Razor Encyclopedia Article @ AlienArtifacts.com (Alien Artifacts)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
explanations for less-than-perfectly-understood events, logicians and epistemologists have long favored the most parsimonious explanation, aka Ockham's razor.
Although there have been a number of philosophers who have formulated similar anti-razors since Chatton's time, Chatton's anti-razor has not known anything like the success of Occam's razor.
AlienArtifacts.com is designed and maintained by Kurt Karr and is hosted by pair Networks.
alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Ockham%27s_razor/index.htm   (5290 words)

  
 Razor Trader - The most advanced online computer hardware trading site for Australia and New Zealand!
Razor Trader allows you to trade that hardware to other traders for items of equal value or sell it to make some money back for your next upgrade, the choices are limitless.
Setup shop as a serious trader and earn great ratings/rewards or start looking around instantly for some bargains and desired items, it's up to you, but we guaranteee whatever you decide to do that our sophisticated trade system can assist you quickly and easily.
Our new site is open to anyone from Australia or New Zealand looking for hardware deals and will be run in BETA mode an initial period to help ween out any bugs we may have missed during our testing phase and to also refine the trade system using trader feedback.
www.razorprices.com   (275 words)

  
 Occam's Razor Encyclopedia Article @ UltraTopSecret.com (Ultra Top Secret)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Occam's Razor suggests the following: Maynor and Ellch found a generic flaw in the way that Wi-Fi drivers work.
More Occam's Razor Page Titles on this Site
UltraTopSecret.com is designed and maintained by Kurt Karr and is hosted by pair Networks.
www.ultratopsecret.com /encyclopedia/Occam%27s_razor   (5305 words)

  
 RAZOR Magazine Home - THE definitive men's magazine, published by Richard Botto - RAZOR Media LLC.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
RAZOR Magazine Home - THE definitive men's magazine, published by Richard Botto - RAZOR Media LLC.
Unedited feedback from our readers, telling us their opinions of what they read in the pages of RAZOR.
Founder, Editor in Chief and CEO of RAZOR Magazine Richard Botto, brings you the definitive men's magazine featuring the best in men's fashion, health, sports, travel, movies, music, games and more
www.razormag.com   (111 words)

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