Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Archimedes, Thomas W. Polger and Ren Descartes
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 2. Self-Evidence
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Clear and distinct truths must be known all at once (unlike deductions) [Descartes]
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 3. Innate Knowledge / a. Innate knowledge
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Our souls possess divine seeds of knowledge, which can bear spontaneous fruit [Descartes]
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Our thinking about external things doesn't disprove the existence of innate ideas [Descartes]
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 4. A Priori as Necessities
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A triangle has a separate non-invented nature, shown by my ability to prove facts about it [Descartes]
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What experience could prove 'If a=c and b=c then a=b'? [Descartes]
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'Nothing comes from nothing' is an eternal truth found within the mind [Descartes]
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 6. A Priori from Reason
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I aim to find the principles and causes of everything, using the seeds within my mind [Descartes]
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