Hitchens' razor

name

Etymology

After Christopher Hitchens' translation of a Latin law code precept, "Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur".

Definitions

  1. A philosophical razor stating that what can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed…

    A philosophical razor stating that what can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

The neighborhood

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