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The task of the following ‘argument from being’ is precisely the contrary of that of the previous ‘argument from consciousness’. Here I shall be concerned with the general and with the particular only as exemplifying the general. I shall take as my root-axiom the concept “being”, meaning by it the notion which the realist entertains of the particular existents of the natural world. The premiss-criterion is adequacy at present, and it is adequacy, together with consistency and economy that constitutes the touchstone of conclusions derived from “being”. ‘Being’ is axiomatic with respect to the inquiry; it is assumed without question.
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Laszlo, E. (1966). Root-Axiom: “Being”. In: Beyond Scepticism and Realism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6617-3_9
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