RE: Two studies of Atheism and Theism.
April 5, 2013 at 3:36 pm
(This post was last modified: April 5, 2013 at 3:38 pm by Mister Agenda.)
(April 5, 2013 at 2:42 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:(April 5, 2013 at 2:32 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: True that, but if axioms were provable, they wouldn't be axioms. The whole point of axioms is that it's impossible to prove everything.
Is this true? Can't there be axioms that stand on their own and can be proven as well?
Seems to be true. An axiom can be considered to be self-evident (and often is considered so), but in argumentation it is this:
3. A self-evident principle or one that is accepted as true without proof as the basis for argument; a postulate.
If you dig down deep enough, you get to something you can't prove is true. I think it's a virtue to have as few axioms as possible. I think I get by pretty well with 'reality is real' and 'what's good for human beings as human beings is good'. But I can't prove those things. I like to at least think I manage to have the rest of my opinions not contradict those two axioms.
