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1
Q

What is Ockham’s razor

A

the principle that in trying to understand something, the simplest explanation is usually the best

2
Q

Using this what must God be?

A

The simplest explanation

3
Q

Ockham used this explanation to argue against what

A

The attempts to justify God by reason alone

4
Q

He declared what

A

that the matter of God’s existence could never be known by only faith, not proof