Quite true but the statement referred to was more of a tautology than an axiom.
At 10:43 AM 9/18/03 -0400, you wrote:
"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.
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