On Choosing a Root Predicate
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Axiom 0: On Choosing a Root Predicate
>[JP]: I construct a substitution instance of Axiom 0 by choosing ‘real’
>as a substitute for the placeholder, P, in Axiom 0.
>ME: This is an arbitrary postulation. The point would be to unfold the
>phenomenon of reality, not to simply assume ‘real’ as a predicate.
one can only construct a substitution instance of Axiom 0 by choosing
the root predicate for one’s own language or one’s own terminology. any
such choice, even one made from among the set of reasonable candidates
{’reality’, ‘existence’ and ‘being}, is arbitrary. selecting ‘real’ as a
predicate is no more or less arbitrary than selecting ‘being’ or
‘existing’.
Joe
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