# Philosophical razor | | In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows one to eliminate unlikely explanations for a phenomenon, or avoid unnecessary actions. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Philosophical razor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_razor) | [[Alder's Razor]] [[Einstein's Razor]] [[Hanlon's Razor]] [[Occam's Razor]] [[Hitchen's Razor]] [[Is-ought Problem|Hume's Guillotine]] [[Russell's Teapot]] [[Sagan Standard]] [[Karl Popper]]'s [[Falsifiability]] Principle [[Principle of Charity]] [[Principle of Humanity]]