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Hitchens's razor

Hitchens's razor is the alternative form of Hitchens' razor.

Meaning of Hitchens' razor

Proper noun

Hitchens' razor

  1. A philosophical razor stating that what can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
    • However, the limitations of a storytelling project such as this seems to be that the notion of validation is unachievable mainly because it falls short of the so-called 'Hitchens's razor': that 'that which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence'.2015 October 23, Cillian McGrattan, The Politics of Trauma and Peace-Building: Lessons from Northern Ireland, Abington; New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 2

Questions about Hitchens's razor

What is Hitchens's razor the alternative form of?
Hitchens's razor is the alternative form of Hitchens' razor.

Words near Hitchens's razor in the dictionary

  1. hitchelling
  2. hitchels
  3. Hitchen
  4. Hitchens
  5. Hitchens' razor
  6. Hitchens's razor
  7. hitcher
  8. hitchers
  9. hitches
  10. hitches one's wagon to
  11. hitches one's wagon to a star

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