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Single Idea 16892

[filed under theme 12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 1. Nature of the A Priori ]

Full Idea

Whereas Leibniz and Frege predicate apriority primarily of truths (or more fundamentally, proofs of truths), Kant predicates apriority primarily of cognition and the employment of representations.

Gist of Idea

Is apriority predicated mainly of truths and proofs, or of human cognition?

Source

Tyler Burge (Frege on Apriority (with ps) [2000], 1)

Book Ref

Burge,Tyler: 'Truth, Thought, Reason (on Frege)' [OUP 2001], p.363

The 3 ideas from 'Frege on Apriority (with ps)'

16892 Is apriority predicated mainly of truths and proofs, or of human cognition? [Burge]
16901 The equivalent algebra model of geometry loses some essential spatial meaning [Burge]
16902 Peano arithmetic requires grasping 0 as a primitive number [Burge]