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Originally Posted by Jasper84  @utabintarbo: Finally i get it, at least partly. Your definition of an axioms really is different, and seems like a good idea. IMO my definition is also a good idea, since i do not think there are enough axioms of the kind that cannot be refuted without denying your own existence to get all the way to statements we want to make. (at least not that i have seen, unless i do, i do not think you can really convince me that 'axioms of the assumption type' have no purpose) |
I am not saying they have no use. Just that they are not axiomatic in the philosophical sense. As thought experiments, they are very useful.