parcimony

Indeed, it is these very feelings which, in the absence of any proof to the contrary, must be concluded, in accordance with the law of parcimony, to have _generated_ this idea of God as "holy, just," and good.

A Candid Examination of Theism George John Romanes 1871

For, as we have already seen, the law of parcimony forbids us to ascribe "the phenomena of conscience as a dictate" to a supernatural cause, until the science of psychology shall have proved that they cannot have been due to natural causes.

A Candid Examination of Theism George John Romanes 1871

So obvious, indeed, is this inference, that to resort to any supernatural hypothesis to explain the diverse properties of the various chemical elements appears to me a most glaring violation of the law of parcimony -- as much more glaring, for instance, than the violation of this law by Paley, as the number and variety of organic species are greater than the number and variety of chemical species.

A Candid Examination of Theism George John Romanes 1871

Poor Lady Sarah could not conceal her vexation at the thoughts of what she had lost by her ill-timed pride and parcimony.

Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph 1767

If we fail in displaying that much needed capacity for parcimony, we are not better than the pricks I refered to above.

Kim Gjerstad in Congo 2010

If we fail in displaying that much needed capacity for parcimony, we are not better than the pricks I refered to above.

Kim Gjerstad in Congo 2010