Postulation vs Axiom - What's the difference?
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The act of postulating or something postulated
(logic) Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument
(en noun); also axiomata (though, becoming less common and sometimes considered archaic)
(philosophy) A seemingly which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
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(mathematics, logic, proof theory) A fundamental of theorems. Examples: "Through a pair of distinct points there passes exactly one straight line", "All right angles are congruent".
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An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.
As nouns the difference between postulation and axiom
is that postulation is the act of postulating or something postulated while axiom is axiom.postulation
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(wikipedia axiom)Noun
- The axioms read as follows. For every composable pair f'' and ''g'' the composite goes from the domain of ''g'' to the codomain of ''f''. For each object ''A'' the identity arrow goes from ''A'' to ''A . Composing any arrow with an identity arrow (supposing that the two are composable) gives the original arrow. And composition is associative.
- The axioms of political economy cannot be considered absolute truths.
