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Old 05-26-2007   #25 (permalink)
DChristopher
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Default Re: What are your axioms?

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Originally Posted by bns View Post
So, let me attempt to list what seems to me like what we have so far:

1. There is a world which exists, external to me and you.

2. We are able to perceive the world, i.e. we are not under a permanent state of delusion.

3. There is an external ethic, i.e. right/wrong, good/bad, exist.

4. What we (beings of any sort) do has a real, tangible impact on the world.

NOTE: By world I mean, whatever exists, not specifically the earth.

Any comments?
Um...I'm not sure how you managed to boil this thread down to four axioms (I'm sure I've seen a dozen, and I had no idea how to combine them properly) BUT, I'm pretty happy with that list as a "new" starting point.
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