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axiomatic

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for axiomatic.

Editorial note

A statement is true if and only if there is no counterexample to it in any model of the axiomatic system you are dealing with.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Self-evident or unquestionable. [from 18th c.]

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of axiomatic gathered in one view.

adjective

Self-evident or unquestionable. [from 18th c.]

adjective

(mathematics) Relating to or containing axioms. [from 19th c.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for axiomatic.

Example sentences

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A statement is true if and only if there is no counterexample to it in any model of the axiomatic system you are dealing with.

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An axiomatic system, in the context of Goedel's theorems, is a bunch of axioms with some inference rules.

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You might be interested in the YNot[1] project, which is a library implementing Hoare-style axiomatic semantics in Coq.

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From this it only follows that you can prove X if you have a complete axiomatic system.

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They take an axiomatic approach, coming up with some general principles that they feel are self-evidently correct.

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Free will is validated by introspection and no one can convince you of its axiomatic nature except your self, i.e.

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An axiomatic system is complete if it can either prove or refute every possible statement.

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If your model contains the natural numbers then this complete axiomatic system isn't computable.

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So a complete axiomatic system is as powerful as possible w/o being inconsistent (if you prove both X and not-X, you're inconsistent).

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You could have axiomatic systems that are built on axioms some of which are known to be false, and yet they're consistent.

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The latter position is surely close to axiomatic but the former requires more thought.

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This is clearly false unless you restrict yourself to recursively enumerable axiomatic systems.

Quote examples

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It'd be a silly axiomatic system, but it would be one, and you wouldn't need to know anything about what the cards "mean".

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Do you take it as axiomatic that a system that produces different outcome for different racial groups is "unfair"?

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This meaning of "complete" is true for some axiomatic systems T and false for others.

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It tells us that axiomatic systems for first-order logic are complete in the sense of "strong enough to prove all tautologies".

Proper noun examples

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Axiomatic semantics, on the other hand, are really indirect.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use axiomatic in a sentence?

A statement is true if and only if there is no counterexample to it in any model of the axiomatic system you are dealing with.

What does axiomatic mean?

Self-evident or unquestionable. [from 18th c.]

What part of speech is axiomatic?

axiomatic is commonly used as adjective.