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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor
Reason avoids multiplying hypotheses or principles [Leibniz]
     Full Idea: Reason requires that we avoid multiplying hypotheses or principles, in somewhat the same way that the simplest system is always preferred in astronomy.
     From: Gottfried Leibniz (Discourse on Metaphysics [1686], 5)
     A reaction: He offers this principle without mentioning Ockham, as if it were self-evident.