Origin of Our Name
The Greek philosopher Plato is known for many images and analogies, with the most popular being the Allegory of the Cave. Plato believed that what is known must not only be true but also perfect and unchanging. However, nothing in the empirical world (represented by life within the cave) fits this description. Since nothing in the empirical world is an object of knowledge, Plato proposed that there must be another realm, or world outside the cave, of perfect and unchanging ‘Forms’ (or Ideas).
14th Century English philosopher, William of Occam theorized that when there are two or more hypothesis offered to explain a given phenomenon, it is reasonable to accept the one that makes the fewest unsupported assumptions (or the simplest one). This became known as Occam’s razor, from the idea of shaving off any unnecessary assumptions from a theory.
The team at Plato’s Razor Coaching Institute encourages you to find your own philosophy or theory on life by experiencing all things that may interest you. It is only through life experience that one can truly know the absolute.
