On Hume and order in nature

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An axiom IS an unprovable assumption


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Finally. Thank you.

You too, Philo.

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No problem. An axiom is a presuppostion. Which is an assumption. One that just is "self-evidently true". "I exist" is an axiom. "God exists" is a presupposition. To me, it's a lot more self-evident that I exist, than that God does. Arguing on this basis is philosophical flatulence. And it stinks.

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Are there any other self-evident truths other than "I exist?" Cogito ergo sum seems to be the only thing that I could see as self-evident.

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Perhaps "the universe exists"? Whether these are really "self-evident" is always up for debate I suppose. However, they just have to be assumed/presupposed in order to get much further.