Conseptual paraphernalia (and pets)

Occam has a razor.
Schrödinger has a cat.
Damocles has a sword.

Any other examples?

(Yeah, I’m prepared for this to be a fairly short thread.)

Pavlov has a dog.

Maxwell has a demon.

The Devil has a dictionary
Maxwell traded his demon for a silver hammer
Murphy has a law
Bears have woods
Mary has a little lamb

I am not quite sure what the rules are meant to be here, but:

Turing has a machine
as does von Neuman
Eratosthenes has a sieve
Buridan has an ass (Hey! It means donkey, OK?)
Hume has a fork
Liebniz has a mill
Searle has a Chinese room
Huxley has a steam whistle
Bacon had a whole bunch of idols

Theseus has a ship

My grandfather had an ax.

And Freud has a slip.

Morton also has a fork.

And as I am reminded by the link in that article:

Procrustes has a bed.

Archimedes had a bathtub.

(Does it count if it’s not a part of a phrase? I’m also not entirely clear on the rules. :stuck_out_tongue: It’s still “paraphernalia” he needed for his “concept”…)

Moore has his 'slaw… Something about cabbage and computing.

Shanks has a mare.

Gyges had a ring.

He also had a screw.

Pandora has a box.

As did Lizzy Borden.

Duff has a Device.

Russell has a teapot.

Zeno has a pair o’ ducks.

Mrs. O’Leary has a cow.