Razor Cut

By J. L. Speranza

for the Grice Club, &c.

"Sensa non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem"

"Like many regulative principles," Grice writes,

[modified Ockham+'s razor] would be a
near platitude,

and all would depend of what was counted
as 'necessity' (op cit, p.47)".

+ a town in Surrey.

--- and the blade. It all would depend on the quality of the blade.

This is supposed to cut L. J. Cohen's curly beard. (vide Schiffer, "Schiffer's aftershave for Grice's modified razor").

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Cohen: "Why would I abide by Grice's modified Occam razor? Surely if I want to say that 'not' has five senses: one for me, one for my wife, and three for my Cockney neighbours, who say, "We don't want no more beer, thanks!" when I'm supposed to infer -- if not downright imply -- that they do -- offends me."