Full Idea
One should always choose the weakest premises from which one's conclusion follows, rather than saddling the theory with thicker or more controversial premises.
Gist of Idea
Keep premises as weak as possible, to avoid controversial difficulties
Source
Martha Nussbaum (Creating Capabilities [2011], 8)
Book Reference
Nussbaum,Martha C.: 'Creating Capabilities' [Belknap Harvard 2013], p.150
A Reaction
I like this because it connects the rather vague Ockham's Razor to the logical concept of Thinning. The key point is that a thinner set of premises that prove something will be more persuasive, because critics may reject premises instead of conclusion.
Related Idea
Idea 13351 'Thinning' allows that if premisses entail a conclusion, then adding further premisses makes no difference [Bostock]