there are self evadent truths
can anyone give me an excaple please?
like it takes money to make money- is that one?
2006-10-13 20:13:22 · 3 answers · asked by Marg N 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
An axiom is a sentence or proposition that is not proved or demonstrated and is considered as obvious or as an initial necessary consensus for the theory building or acceptation. Therefore, it is taken for granted as true, and serves as a starting point for deducing and inferencing other truths.
In science, we distinguish axiomatic and not axiomatic theories, the second type, so called "soft", social and humanistic theories have axioms "invisible", not formally declared and ordered.
In many usages axiom and postulate or assumption are used as synonyms.
Simplest one: x = x
Axiom 1: Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another.
Axiom 2: If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal.
Axiom 3: If equals be subtracted from equals, the remainders are equal.
Axiom 4: Things which coincide with one another are equal to one another.
Axiom 5: The whole is greater than the part.
Postulate 1: It is possible to draw a straight line from any point to any other point.
Postulate 2: It is possible to produce a finite straight line continuously in a straight line.
Postulate 3: It is possible to describe a circle with any center and distance.
Postulate 4: It is true that all right angles are equal to one another.
Postulate 5: It is true that, if a straight line falling on two straight lines make the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, intersect on that side on which are the angles less than the two right angles.
2006-10-13 20:21:47 · answer #1 · answered by vijaya l 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
axioms are general ideas that you would have a hard time finding someone to disagree on. The world is round--not flat--is an axiom. All people die--is an axiom. It takes money to make money might be an axiom within a given cultural context--mainly an American capitalistic economy mentality, and so it isn't quite as universal an idea.
2006-10-13 20:44:31 · answer #2 · answered by retorik75 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A + B = B + A
2x = x + x
2006-10-13 20:19:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋