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1429 || philosophical razors

Author
Julie Merica
Published
Fri 25 Apr 2025
Episode Link
https://shows.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed/episodes/1429-philosophical-razors

Occam's Razor: The simplest answer is often the answer.

Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Hitchen's Razor: I must provide evidence for my claim, rather than demand you provide evidence against it.

and Hume's Guillotine: You can't derive a moral imperative from a factual description of nature.



THE SOURCES:

The Philosophical Razors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_razor

Hitchen's Razor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitchens%27s_razor

Hanlon's Razor: https://thedecisionlab.com/reference-guide/philosophy/hanlons-razor

Hanlon's Razor Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor

Hume's Guillotine Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%80%93ought_problem

Reddit "Humes Guillotine" https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/r1v09x/eli5_humes_guillotine/

Reddit "is-ought" problem: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-is-ought-problem-in-simple-understandable-terms



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