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I'm not sure I understand. Do you have an example?
by PinkMilkshake 8y ago
I'm not sure I understand. Do you have an example?
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoReasoning from premises that you have reason to suspect are false, in order to see what the conclusions of those premises are? Though I suppose you could claim that doing so is trying to find the truth of the conclusions of those premises...
- MaxBarraclough 8y agoMathematics strikes me as a curious case in that regard, as it's about picking axioms and exploring their consequences. Mathematics isn't concerned with deciding the 'true' axioms, instead they explore what happens if you (say) grant/deny the axiom of choice.