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Single Idea 17629

[filed under theme 5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 1. Axiomatisation ]

Full Idea

Premises which are ultimate in one investigation may cease to be so in another.

Gist of Idea

Which premises are ultimate varies with context

Source

Bertrand Russell (Regressive Method for Premises in Mathematics [1907], p.273)

Book Ref

Russell,Bertrand: 'Essays in Analysis', ed/tr. Lackey,Douglas [George Braziller 1973], p.273