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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
As Kant saw it, analytic knowledge is possible only in the presence of conceptual complexity, but it should have been clear that simple concepts, unaided by intuition, are as apt as their complex counterparts to act as grounds of a priori knowledge.
Gist of Idea
For Kant analytic knowledge needs complex concepts, but the a priori can rest on the simple
Source
comment on Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781]) by J. Alberto Coffa - The Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap 1 'Analyt'
Book Ref
Coffa,J.Alberto: 'The Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap' [CUP 1993], p.20
A Reaction
The point is that the concept must 'contain' something for Kant's account of what is analytic. This seems to be a very important thought for those who think the a priori is entirely analytic.
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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5411
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We can know some general propositions by universals, when no instance can be given
[Russell]
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4430
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All a priori knowledge deals with the relations of universals
[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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