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Single Idea 2470

[filed under theme 2. Reason / E. Argument / 2. Transcendental Argument ]

Full Idea

Transcendental arguments ran: "If it weren't that P, we couldn't know (now 'say' or 'think' or 'judge') that Q; and we do know (now…) that Q; therefore P". Old and new arguments tend to be equally unconvincing, because of their empiricist preconceptions.

Gist of Idea

Transcendental arguments move from knowing Q to knowing P because it depends on Q

Source

Jerry A. Fodor (In a Critical Condition [2000], Ch. 3)

Book Ref

Fodor,Jerry A.: 'In Critical Condition' [MIT 2000], p.27

The 5 ideas with the same theme [backwards reasoning to accepting presuppositions]:

22274 'Transcendent' is beyond experience, and 'transcendental' is concealed within experience [Kant, by Potter]
5577 Transcendental ideas require unity of the subject, conditions of appearance, and objects of thought [Kant]
23696 Transcendental cognition is that a priori thought which shows how the a priori is applicable or possible [Kant]
2470 Transcendental arguments move from knowing Q to knowing P because it depends on Q [Fodor]
21443 Transcendental proofs derive necessities from possibilities (e.g. possibility of experiencing objects) [Gardner]