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[filed under theme 12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 9. A Priori from Concepts
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Full Idea
I am a fully paid up-naturalist, but I see no reason to deny that a priori knowledge is possible. My view is that a priori knowledge is unimportant (esp to philosophy). If there is a priori knowledge, it is analytic, true by the structure of our concepts.
Gist of Idea
A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant
Source
David Papineau (Philosophical Insignificance of A Priori Knowledge [2010], §1)
A Reaction
It is one thing to say it is the structure of our concepts, and another to infer that it is unimportant. I take the structure of our concepts to be a shadow cast by the structure of the world. E.g. the structure of numbers reveals the world.
The
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[a priori knowledge only arises from our concepts]:
1824
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To name something, you must already have an idea of what it is
[Epicurus, by Diog. Laertius]
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2191
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Relations of ideas are known by thought, independently from the world
[Hume]
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18262
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For Kant analytic knowledge needs complex concepts, but the a priori can rest on the simple
[Coffa on Kant]
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5526
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With large numbers it is obvious that we could never find the sum by analysing the concepts
[Kant]
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16915
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A priori intuitions can only concern the objects of our senses
[Kant]
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4430
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All a priori knowledge deals with the relations of universals
[Russell]
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5411
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We can know some general propositions by universals, when no instance can be given
[Russell]
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9353
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We explain away a priori knowledge, not as directly empirical, but as indirectly holistically empirical
[Devitt]
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13406
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A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant
[Papineau]
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12389
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Knowledge is a priori if the experience giving you the concepts thus gives you the knowledge
[Kitcher]
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9341
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Meanings and concepts cannot give a priori knowledge, because they may be unacceptable
[Horwich]
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9334
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If we stipulate the meaning of 'number' to make Hume's Principle true, we first need Hume's Principle
[Horwich]
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2727
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Red and green being exclusive colours seems to be rationally graspable but not analytic
[Audi,R]
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2728
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The concepts needed for a priori thought may come from experience
[Audi,R]
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17726
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Examining accurate, justified or grounded concepts brings understanding of the world
[Jenkins]
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