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Re: SUO: Universal Time, other universals, and cultural context




pat hayes wrote:

> Ah, that is what is usually called a (logical) theory. I think it is
> useful to have a term for a set of sentences accepted as true which
> is NOT closed under logical inference. Theories tend to be infinite,
> and therefore tricky to put on computer disc files.

There is a commonly accepted term: "set of axioms", or if you
prefer a single word, "axiomatization".

John Sowa