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Axiom vs Razor - What's the difference?

axiom | razor |

In philosophy terms the difference between axiom and razor

is that axiom is a seemingly {{l/en|self-evident}} or necessary {{l/en|truth}} which is based on {{l/en|assumption}}; a {{l/en|principle}} or {{l/en|proposition}} which cannot actually be proved or disproved while razor is a conceptual device that allows one to shave away unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.

As a verb razor is

to cut with a razor.

axiom

English

(wikipedia axiom)

Noun

  • (en noun); also axiomata (though, becoming less common and sometimes considered archaic)
  • (philosophy) A seemingly which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
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  • (mathematics, logic, proof theory) A fundamental of theorems. Examples: "Through a pair of distinct points there passes exactly one straight line", "All right angles are congruent".
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    • The axioms read as follows. For every composable pair f'' and ''g'' the composite f \circ g goes from the domain of ''g'' to the codomain of ''f''. For each object ''A'' the identity arrow 1_A goes from ''A'' to ''A . Composing any arrow with an identity arrow (supposing that the two are composable) gives the original arrow. And composition is associative.
  • An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.
    • The axioms of political economy cannot be considered absolute truths.

    Synonyms

    * (now rare)

    Hypernyms

    * (in logic) well-formed formula, wff, WFF

    Hyponyms

    * (in mathematics) * (in mathematics) * (in mathematics)

    Holonyms

    * (in logic) formal system

    Derived terms

    *

    Related terms

    * axiomatize * axiomatization

    See also

    (other terms of interest) * conjecture * corollary * demonstration * hypothesis * law * lemma * porism * postulate * premise * principle * proof * proposition * theorem * theory * truism

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    razor

    English

    (Wikipedia)

    Alternative forms

    * razour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.
  • Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.
  • The sharp tusk of a wild boar.
  • (philosophy) A conceptual device that allows one to shave away unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.

    • Derived terms

    * cutthroat razor * disposable razor * Occam's razor * razor blade * razor bump * razor comb * razor clam * razor-sharp * razor strap / razor strop * razor-thin * straight razor

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cut with a razor.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 13, author=Sara Corbett, title=Can the Cellphone Help End Global Poverty?, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=He might be busy examining the advertisements for prostitutes stuck up in a São Paulo phone booth, or maybe getting his ear hairs razored off at a barber shop in Vietnam. }}

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