Ask HN: Is Philosophy any different from fiction?

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Can you formally verify philosophical concepts? What would it mean to verify Idealism, for example? Would love to hear peoples thoughts on this. Been racking my head for ages on it and can't come up with something sound and complete.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatic_maxim

ohhh. Thank you :)

If you want to formally verify a concept, you need a framework, or reference concepts: axioms.

So what are the axioms for Western philosophy?

EDIT: Ludwig Wittgenstein's work is pretty axiomatic right?

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There is no "western" philosophy. It's not a block.

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