by Taz | Aug 25, 2023 | Philosophical Razors, Thinking Tools
Hitchens’ Razor is the perfect mental model for creating evidence-based arguments. The model states, “What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.”- Christopher Hitchens In other words, the burden of proof falls on the person making...
by Taz | Oct 21, 2020 | Philosophical Razors, Thinking Tools
Hume’s guillotine is a mental model for separating facts from values. In the words of David Hume himself, “If the cause, assigned for any effect, be not sufficient to produce it, we must either reject that cause, or add to it such qualities as will give it a just...
by Taz | Oct 11, 2020 | Philosophical Razors, Thinking Tools
Hanlon’s Razor is about giving people the benefit of the doubt. Just like many other mental models, it is a tool to help us see past the bounds of our ego. We too often assume the actions of others have to do with us, as if our lives are the ruling factors in theirs....
by Taz | Aug 21, 2020 | Mental Models, Philosophical Razors, Thinking Tools
Occam’s Razor is a mental model that helps us choose an explanation when there are competing theories. In a nutshell, it claims the theory with the least assumptions is usually the correct one. This mental model is named after William of Ockham, a 14th century friar...
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