Single Idea 2794

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 5. A Priori Synthetic]

Full Idea

The fact that a cow is not a horse is a candidate for a priori synthetic truth. It doesn't seem to be analytic, because you can know what a cow is without knowing what a horse is.

Gist of Idea

Knowing that a cow is not a horse seems to be a synthetic a priori truth

Source

Jonathan Dancy (Intro to Contemporary Epistemology [1985], 14.3)

Book Reference

Dancy,Jonathan: 'Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology' [Blackwell 1985], p.215