> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> >On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 20:20:53 -0400, Doug Franklin wrote: > >> > > >> >> But of course. There's a ... damn, what's the word > ... it means > >> >> something that's so self-evident as to be pointless to > >> >> point out ... in there somewhere. :-) Teleology? > (No) ... Rats. > >> >> I hate it when I can't come up with the word. > >> > > >> >Syllogism? > >> > >> Axiom. > > > >Tautology. > > Nah, a tautology is an argument (in the logical sense) that's true > because it's really a definition. An axiom is something > that is assumed > that has to be true because it's too fundamental to be > broken down and > explained. An axiom is a "self-evident truth" as in the axioms of > Euclidean geometry.
Well, it's often used in the same sense as "self-evident" or "obviously true" in common usage. Anyway, I threw it out there becuase he was looking for a "T" word! tv
