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I sometimes feel "belief" is a term used for things that are not readily provable, but also impossible to disprove. E.g. I believe God exists. An axiom, in my
by osrec 4y ago
I sometimes feel "belief" is a term used for things that are not readily provable, but also impossible to disprove. E.g. I believe God exists.
An axiom, in my mind, is a stronger, more widespread belief, for which there are no known counter examples. It aligns with your natural intuition, because you've never seen an axiomatic belief violated.