From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Fri Apr 18 2003 - 14:55:03 BST
Scott,
> Well, when you do you no longer have arithmetic, so perhaps my wording
> needs work. The point is that any mathematical theorem is a deduction from
> a set of axioms, so it is only as "absolute" as the axioms which, from the
> formal logician's viewpoint, are arbitrary. Recall that it turned out that
> Euclid's Fifth Postulate could be replaced and one got different, but
> equally powerful geometries.
What do you think of defining a philosphical axiom as a concept that
has to be accepted and used in the process of denying it? Examples:
What is, is.
Consciousness is the faculty of perceiving what is.
What is is possessed by identity.
Thanks,
Platt
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