Simply put, parsimony is in vogue in boardrooms right now. From Wordnik.com. [Football's Level Playing Field] Reference
The principle of parsimony is a centuries-old aspect of the scientific method. From Wordnik.com. [Beckwith on ID] Reference
As in parsimony, Darwinism seems the simplest solution to satisfy the non-telic, power hungry palettes. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism, What's the Appeal?] Reference
And your mention of parsimony is not something that is directly derived from the observation, it is your presupposition. From Wordnik.com. [Again, there is absolutely no teleology involved] Reference
Doug: And your mention of parsimony is not something that is directly derived from the observation, it is your presupposition. From Wordnik.com. [Again, there is absolutely no teleology involved] Reference
It's a result of empirical observations coupled with parsimony aka "Occam's Razor". From Wordnik.com. [Science as a form of "faith"??] Reference
It is closely related to the notion of parsimony which has been a dominant role in Russell's thought. From Wordnik.com. [Neutral Monism] Reference
The principle of "parsimony" or "Occam's Razor" argues in favor of the least complex theory that fits the facts. From Wordnik.com. [Supporting Atheists As Anti-Oppression Work] Reference
But parsimony is not effectiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Newspapers as charities, utilities, infrastructure « BuzzMachine] Reference
Ockham’s Razor, otherwise known as parsimony, recommends removing this unnecessary part of the hypothesis. From Wordnik.com. [The God Meter - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Do what’s called parsimony analysis using that gene and two species of arbitrary relatedness that share the gene. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Universal Common Ancestor - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The Queen's parsimony was endangering the country. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
Prince, who observed himself the ancient parsimony. From Wordnik.com. [The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola] Reference
Indeed, his "economy of means" borders on parsimony. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
English parsimony; not once and away, but systematically. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference
JFK Jr., he says, "has picked up a lot of her parsimony.". From Wordnik.com. [Coming Of Age] Reference
They naturally recoil at the hardness and parsimony of the. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
Is parsimony intrinsically more culpable than prodigality?. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846] Reference
Italians especially for their "parsimony and thin feeding.". From Wordnik.com. [English Travellers of the Renaissance] Reference
Macaulay told one or two stories illustrating his parsimony. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
It is not parsimony or unwillingness to give, but a disposition to save. From Wordnik.com. [Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] Reference
In your reading for material do not cultivate habits of economy or parsimony. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of Arguments] Reference
The rigid parsimony of these men is disappointed terribly when any crisis happens. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France] Reference
Now they have the substitutes suggested by parsimony to cover their incompleteness. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See] Reference
Hague is a Yorkshireman and Yorkshiremen have, let us say, a certain reputation for parsimony. From Wordnik.com. [William Hague's Hotel Bedroom Boob] Reference
She chills under the surveillance and parsimony of an eagle-eyed, detective, lawyer-like husband. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep] Reference
This self-denial, which borders at times on parsimony, is the result of training and circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
All classes practise thrift bordering on parsimony, and any display of wealth is generally resented. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
It was not altogether parsimony that made the old gentleman "hem and haw" over Janice Day's proposal. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
For there is a kind of genteel parsimony, by which his character is distinguished from that of others. From Wordnik.com. [Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker.] Reference
There is, however, another perspective and, with the exception of Manchester City, parsimony is in vogue. From Wordnik.com. [Manchester United and Chelsea turn to youth as austerity bites] Reference
Surely not; a body of men so respectable could neither have authorized nor sanctioned such sordid parsimony. From Wordnik.com. [Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. (of 2)] Reference
They must not be oppressed with having too many in charge, or the owner will suffer by his ill-judged parsimony. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Cattle-breeders] Reference
In the mean time the greatest profusion appeared at table while the meanest parsimony reigned through the household. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.] Reference
This happens to be a charge peculiarly irritating to all parties -- to the authors of the parsimony, and to its objects. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference
There were quarrels soon between the King and his guest, which led to exhibitions of paltriness and parsimony common to their characters. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of Modern Europe] Reference
Thanks largely to Palocci's parsimony, say experts, Brazil's economic forecast is brighter than it was in January, when Lula took office. From Wordnik.com. [Strong Medicine] Reference
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