• gunner
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    Hi
    I have question about axioms and philosophy:

    Do we need an axiom to create a new philosophy?

    Thanks
  • A Christian Philosophy
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    Hi. Let's remove the word 'new'. Do we need axioms for philosophy? Yes.
    To avoid for a claim to be arbitrary, the claim must be backed up by premises, then these premises must be backed up by further premises, and so on, until we reach a starting point, Archimedean point as Descartes would say, or first principle. Examples of first principles of ethics for Thomas Aquinas: do good and avoid evil. Seek truth and reject falsehood.
  • A Seagull
    615
    Do we need an axiom to create a new philosophy?gunner

    No, you don't need new axioms. All you need to do is get rid of the old ones.
  • tim wood
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    And where are you then? Perhaps you need to think through just what an axiom is, what it's for, and what it does. Otherwise, I think Mr. LaCrampe put it pretty well, if not especially exhaustively
  • A Seagull
    615

    And where are you then?

    One would be free of the clichés that so many would-be philosophers like to trot out!
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