Each diagnostic possibility entailed, will represent the magnitude of the “total assumption burden” (Novella S 2014). An assumption burden refers to the total number of assumptions that are generated for each diagnosis. In terms of reason as a way of understanding these principles, the more common a diagnosis, the less of a new assumption burden it represents, and the less it violates the principle of parsimony.The idea that plurality must not be posited without necessity is prominent and applied to medical diagnosis. For instance, a patient exhibits neck swelling, sore eyes and increased pulse rate, and is diagnosed with Graves’ disease, over diagnosis of goiter, exophthalmos, and tachycardia (Kalra, S, Gupta, Y & Sahay, R,2016). Hence,
