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Ideas for 'From an Ontological Point of View', 'Platonistic Theories of Universals' and 'Contributions to Philosophy'

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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor
A theory with few fundamental principles might still posit a lot of entities [Heil]
Parsimony does not imply the world is simple, but that our theories should try to be [Heil]
Entities can be multiplied either by excessive categories, or excessive entities within a category [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz]