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Berg, Hugo van den (2018) Occam's razor : from Ockham's via moderna to modern data science. Science Progress, 101 (3). pp. 261-272. doi:10.3184/003685018X15295002645082 ISSN 0036-8504.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3184/003685018X15295002645082
Abstract
The principle of parsimony, also known as “Occam’s razor,” is a heuristic dictum that is thoroughly familiar to virtually all practitioners of science: Aristotle, Newton, and many others have enunciated it in some form or other. Even though the principle is not difficult to comprehend as a general heuristic guideline, it has proved surprisingly resistant to being put on a rigorous footing – a difficulty that has become more pressing and topical with the “big data” explosion. We review the significance of Occam’s razor in the philosophical and theological writings of William of Ockham, and survey modern developments of parsimony in data science.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Mathematics | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Science Progress | ||||||||
Publisher: | Science Reviews 2000 Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0036-8504 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 1 September 2018 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 101 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 261-272 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.3184/003685018X15295002645082 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Science Reviews 2000 Ltd in Science Progress on 19/07/2018, available online: https://doi.org/10.3184/003685018X15295002645082 | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 11 April 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 19 January 2020 | ||||||||
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