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Old 05-29-2007   #60 (permalink)
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Default Re: What are your axioms?

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Originally Posted by yaaarrrgg View Post
Axioms can't really pull themselves up from the bootstraps. They are just glorified assumptions.
Absolutely correct. The notion that logic alone can reveal the mysteries of the universe is quite naive. Logic is a tool, and must be applied to some kind of starting assumption(s).
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