Axioms & Theorems: An Essay
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A preface notes some pertinent matters published in previous essays and states the purpose. Chapter 1 discusses the Prime Identity (Existence = Existence), and starts with an insert from a previous essay discussing time. I make my case for antecedent requirements of the statement itself as empirical evidence of proof conjoined to logical coherency. I note that axioms reduce to identities (1 + 0 = 1 is the identity 1 = 1 expanded), clearly showing the additive axiom of addition as essentially an expansion of an identity or identities. I discuss the 'one and the many' as an axiom that requires the antecedents that make it up to support its contention. I briefly go over some number theory matters, and some philosophical considerations on how the basics of thought relate to mind and memory. Chapter 2 is a recapitulation of the basic point of Chapter 1 that also uses some simple graphs. The collapsed circular argument of the self-evident reduces to congruent parallel lines. Applied science is shown as the empirical evidence event line running parallel to the logical event line. Logic is composed of mental events when reasoning. There generally being some statistical uncertainty over the experiential evidence, a statistical gap exists between theory and data. I show a good theory as two parallel lines with a separation (statistical separation). If gaps start showing in a theory due to new evidence, the old theory's logical event line becomes loosened from parallel, veering away and back and forth to the extent the old theory varies with new data. The old theory may still be useful if it gives good prediction within certain parameters. Chapter 3 sums up my basic argument again with some brief explanations. Chapter 4 discusses human thought, the reasons for viewing consciousness as independent of matter, and suggests some interdependence between dealing with identities, axioms and theorems and the mind's operation.
Edward E. Rochon
I write for my health and the health of the world. Often the cure rivals the disease in grief and aches. My writing career started at twelve when I attempted to write a sequel to Huckleberry Finn but never finished it. My writings have included poetry, plays, a novel, non-fiction and writing newsletters for here and there. Recently, I am dabbling into short stories. Apart from newsletters, nothing has been published in print. I bought an audio recording of one of my poems but threw it away in disgust due to an inappropriate reading by the narrator. 'Contra Pantheism...' was my first eBook. About a hundred eBooks have been published since including some books of verse, and my essays collected into five volumes, and one volume of collected poems. A few other types of literature are on my list of published works. My essays deal with fundamental questions of philosophy as well as natural philosophy (science.) On the whole, my works are as far above the writings of Plato and Aristotle as the material power of the United States is over that of Ancient Greece. I once asked myself if I had ever written anything memorable, but couldn't remember exactly what I had written. I started to check my manuscripts but stopped as it seemed the answer to the question was obvious. Gore Vidal mentioned in one of his memoirs that writers tend to forget what they write and are a bad source to ask about their works. Gore knew a lot of writers. I have not and may have been a bit hard on myself. Apart from self-improvement and maybe making a few bucks, my main goal is to bring about a golden age for mankind. Being a man, this sounds appealing. It is pointless to desist and all small measures are worth the effort. Albert Camus thought suicide the only serious philosophical question. He was a fool and died young. Suicide is a waste of time. The most important functional question is: How do I get what I want? The one question that trumps this is the ultimate question of intent: What should I want? As Goethe pointed out: Be careful what you wish for in your youth, you might get it in middle age.
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