Hitchens' razor
Hitchens' razor ( English Hitchens’s razor ) is an epistemological and argumentative maxim . Allegations are subject to the burden of proof by the person making the allegation. If this person cannot substantiate his claim, the claim according to Hitchens' Razor can be rejected without further justification.
"What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."
"What can be said without evidence can also be rejected without evidence."
Hitchens' razor comes from the translation of a Latin proverb used in the 19th century:
“Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.”
According to Hitchens' Razor all statements can be discarded, the only by false premises or false conclusions are supported as they are not as evident can be evaluated. The designation as " razor " was chosen in analogy to Occam's razor .
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- ↑ Christopher Hitchens : Mommie Dearest. The pope beatifies Mother Teresa, a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud. In: Slate . October 20, 2003, accessed June 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Christopher Hitchens : God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything . Twelve, 2008, ISBN 978-0-446-50945-9 (English, 400 pages).
- ^ Damion Reinhardt: The Long History of Hitchens' Razor. In: Skeptic Ink. July 25, 2015, accessed June 7, 2017 .