551. And
if one does answer this question, one must do so according to generally
accepted axioms. This is how something of this sort may be known.
‘generally
accepted axioms’ –
that is
generally accepted self-evident truths –
a self-evident
proposition –
is one
that is not open to question –
is not
open to doubt
in fact
there is no such proposition –
and to
talk of self-evident propositions –
is to
misuse and corrupt the notion of proposition
a
proposition is a proposal –
any
proposal – is open to question – open to doubt
as for
truth –
truth is
not a immanent property of any proposition
the truth
value of a proposition –
is
‘determined’ – by our behaviour towards it –
if we
assent to it – it is true –
if we
dissent from it – it is false
© greg t. charlton. 2010.
