RE: virus: C of V: Another Religion

Dan Plante (danp@ampsc.com)
Thu, 30 Jan 1997 18:35:15 -0800


At 11:18 AM 1/30/97 -0800, Richard Brodie wrote:
>David, welcome to the list and thanks for the fresh point of view.
>
>David Rosdeitcher wrote:
>
>> Objectivist philosopher, Ayn Rand, made an important discovery:

snip

>> These are axioms because and attempt to deny them
>>would be self-refuting.
>
>As others have pointed out, an axiom is a definition (distinction-meme),
>not a theorem, and as such cannot be proved or disproved.
>

Hmmmm. I was under the impression that axioms are used /in/ definitions,
that they are /used/ to /make/ distinctions. Am I using the right word
for the wrong concept? If I am, somebody give me a textual 'kick in the
head'... "BAD poster, BAD!" :-O

I usually wouldn't pick such nits, but It's been my experience that
a common foundation of fundamental concepts really needs to be
established before any reasonable communication between parties can
progress.

Cheers!

Dan

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