Status: Core study Faith & Logic Published September 3, 2026 Updated September 3, 2026
Axiom (Greek: ἀξίωμα, axiōma — “that which is thought worthy; a claimed starting-point”; pronounced ax-ee-OH-mah).
It is a starting claim you do not prove inside the system that rests on it. Every argument has some. Hidden ones still hold weight. They just cannot be inspected.
On this site axioms are the load-bearing boards — what epistemology hands to logic. They are not “what is valuable.” That work is axiology (the brief). An axiom is what you are allowed to stand on when you start to test the form.
Name them. A skipped axiom is a favorite cheat: the argument looks finished until someone asks what it is standing on.
See also:Axiology Epistemology Logic