[net.philosophy] How do you prove it?

steiny@scc.UUCP (Don Steiny) (01/07/86)

> 
> 	In answer to Don Steiny:
> 
> 	You don't. You can only prove things in your own mind.
> What you can do, however, is to induce. How do I know Hamlet exists?
> Well, it certainly makes sense when I read it.
> 
		John Williams

	You seem to agree that you can't "prove" it.  I simply
say that it is an axiom in a logical system.    It is "Hamlet"
because I choose to believe it is "Hamlet."  I find the belief
useful, because it allows me to communicate with others.

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