Combining Philosophers

Ideas for PG, Rita Carter and Thomas Aquinas

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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 2. Self-Evidence
21249 Some things are self-evident to us; others are only self-evident in themselves [Aquinas]
12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 3. Innate Knowledge / a. Innate knowledge
22169 Initial universal truths are present within us as potential, to be drawn out by reason [Aquinas]
12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 5. A Priori Synthetic
3876 If my team is losing 3-1, I have synthetic a priori knowledge that they need two goals for a draw [PG]
12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 8. A Priori as Analytic
21250 A proposition is self-evident if the predicate is included in the essence of the subject [Aquinas]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 3. Representation
22168 Minds take in a likeness of things, which activates an awaiting potential [Aquinas]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation
4910 Sense organs don't discriminate; they reduce various inputs to the same electrical pulses [Carter,R]
4911 The recognition sequence is: classify, name, locate, associate, feel [Carter,R, by PG]
12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism
20224 Sensation prepares the way for intellectual knowledge, which needs the virtues of reason [Aquinas]
12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique
1860 Knowledge may be based on senses, but we needn't sense all our knowledge [Aquinas]
12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory
4919 There seems to be no dividing line between a memory and a thought [Carter,R]