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- From: pmsc13sg@UMASSD.EDU (Stephen Grossman)
- Subject: Re: Logical philosophy
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 04:45:26 GMT
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- In article <C10nDx.G0D@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, cole@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Sandra
- Stewart-Cole) writes:
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- WHICH axioms one takes are the source of
- >variations in objectivism.
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- SG The primary axiomatic concepts of Objectivism are existence, identity,
- and consciousness. These are implicitly or explicitly basic to all knowledge,
- from an infant's to a philosopher's.
- Existence exists.
- Existence is identity.
- Consciousness is (the) identification (of the identity of existence).
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- "In that world, you'll be able to rise in the morning with the spirit
- you had known in your childhood: that spirit of eagerness, adventure and cer-
- tainty which comes from dealing with a rational universe."
- AYN RAND
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- Stephen Grossman <PMSC13SG@UMASSD.EDU>
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