Explanatory power and Philosophical razor

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Difference between Explanatory power and Philosophical razor

Explanatory power vs. Philosophical razor

Explanatory power is the ability of a hypothesis or theory to effectively explain the subject matter it pertains to. In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows one to eliminate ("shave off") unlikely explanations for a phenomenon, or avoid unnecessary actions.

Similarities between Explanatory power and Philosophical razor

Explanatory power and Philosophical razor have 2 things in common (in Unionpedia): Falsifiability, Occam's razor.

Falsifiability

A statement, hypothesis, or theory has falsifiability (or is falsifiable) if it can logically be proven false by contradicting it with a basic statement.

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Occam's razor

Occam's razor (also Ockham's razor or Ocham's razor; Latin: lex parsimoniae "law of parsimony") is the problem-solving principle that, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one.

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Explanatory power and Philosophical razor Comparison

Explanatory power has 19 relations, while Philosophical razor has 23. As they have in common 2, the Jaccard index is 4.76% = 2 / (19 + 23).

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