List of Philosophical Razors

And other cutting concepts

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• Hitchens’ Razor
• Occam’s Razor
• Hanlon’s Razor
• Hume’s Razor
• Rand’s Razor

… A razor is a cutting utensil, so maybe we can use some other sort of utensil to cut as well?

• Morton’s Fork

… maybe something sharper?

• Newton’s Flaming Laser Sword

…laser swords? Upon reflection, I suppose a gun could be used to cut, or chip away, at something:

• Chekhov’s Gun

…well I suppose weapons could be —

• Cupid’s Arrow

…yes, a laser is a sort of directed-energy weapon that could be used to —

• St. Elmo’s Fire

Come to think of it, while a hammer isn’t technically designed to cut, it could be used to chip away, albeit without a high degree of control, so:

• Thor’s Hammer
• …Grabthar’s Hammer
• …MC’s Hammer

…and if we’re allowing hammers, then any sufficiently dense, blunt object applied with sufficient force should chip at the —

• Pandora’s Box