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1 pointsASlave2Gravity6y ago6 comments

Can you formally verify philosophical concepts? What would it mean to verify Idealism, for example? Would love to hear peoples thoughts on this. Been racking my head for ages on it and can't come up with something sound and complete.

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Juliate6y ago· 3 in thread

If you want to formally verify a concept, you need a framework, or reference concepts: axioms.

ASlave2GravityOP6y ago

So what are the axioms for Western philosophy?

EDIT: Ludwig Wittgenstein's work is pretty axiomatic right?

There is no "western" philosophy. It's not a block.

HNLurker26y ago

r/askphilosophy

brudgers6y ago· 1 in thread

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatic_maxim

ASlave2GravityOP6y ago

ohhh. Thank you :)

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