Simplicity

Simplicity is the property, condition, or quality of being simple or un-combined. It often connotes beauty. Simple things are usually easier to explain and understand than complex ones.

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Simplicity is freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.

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According to Occam's razor, all other things being equal, the simplest theory is the most likely to be true — hence the importance of the concept of simplicity in epistemology. According to Thomas Aquinas, God is infinitely simple.

Related Topics:
Occam's razor - Epistemology - Thomas Aquinas - Infinitely simple

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In MCS cognition theory, simplicity is the property of a domain which requires very little information to be exhaustively described. This is the contrary of complexity.

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Members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) practice the Testimony of Simplicity, which is the simplifying of one's life in order to focus on things that are most important and disregard or avoid things that are least important.

Related Topics:
Religious Society of Friends - Testimony of Simplicity

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Simplicity is sometimes used as a synonym or euphemism for stupidity.

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