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In this context an axiom is a nonlogical axiom, in other words an assumption, one that is not to be questioned or discussed


Okay. So, in your original comment are you asserting that teachers are mostly telling students to believe propositions without giving any epistemic justification for those propositions?


Yes, as part of teaching one topic, teachers have to tell students to "not worry about" some other related topic and just take it as given fact, even when that's not technically true




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