Single Idea 9367

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 8. A Priori as Analytic]

Full Idea

The central impetus behind the analytic explanation of the a priori is a desire to explain the possibility of a priori knowledge without having to postulate a special evidence-gathering faculty of intuition.

Gist of Idea

The a priori is explained as analytic to avoid a dubious faculty of intuition

Source

Paul Boghossian (Analyticity Reconsidered [1996], §I)

Book Reference

-: 'Nous' [-], p.3


A Reaction

I don't see at all why one has to postulate a 'faculty' in order to talk about intuition. I take an intuition to be an apprehension of a probable truth, combined with an inability to articulate how the conclusion was arrived at.