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Necessary First Principles, Self-Evident Truths
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RE: Necessary First Principles, Self-Evident Truths
July 10, 2015 at 8:34 pm (This post was last modified: July 10, 2015 at 8:38 pm by Mudhammam.)
(July 10, 2015 at 7:57 pm)bennyboy Wrote: "Metaphysical fact" is just another way to say "pragmatic assumption."
When do you think it is appropriate, or inappropriate, to make that pragmatic assumption? Would you agree or disagree with my assessment of the issue?

Part of the reason I ask is due to my current assignment in ethics class, which is to critique W.D. Ross' notion of "prima facie duty." He claimed these to be self-evident, and I think that is a rather cheap move to try and justify the unjustifiable.

Also, in the Aristotle quote, it should be "since the regress must *end* in immediate truths," a key word I accidentally omitted. >_<
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RE: Necessary First Principles, Self-Evident Truths - by Mudhammam - July 10, 2015 at 8:34 pm

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