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Single Idea 9128
[filed under theme 12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 1. Nature of the A Priori
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Full Idea
The primary bearer of apriority is the propositional attitude (believing, knowing, guessing and so on) rather than the proposition itself. A proposition could be a priori to homo sapiens but a posteriori to Neandethals.
Gist of Idea
It is propositional attitudes which can be a priori, not the propositions themselves
Source
Roy Sorensen (Vagueness and Contradiction [2001], 6.3)
Book Ref
Sorensen,Roy: 'Vagueness and Contradiction' [OUP 2004], p.99
A Reaction
A putative supreme being is quite useful here, who might even see the necessity of Arsenal beating Manchester United next Saturday. Unlike infants, adults know a priori that square pegs won't fit round holes.
The
22 ideas
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[nature of knowledge acquired by pure thought]:
11239
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The notion of a priori truth is absent in Aristotle
[Aristotle, by Politis]
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20784
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There are non-sensible presentations, which come to us through the intellect
[Stoic school, by Diog. Laertius]
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9156
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Kant's shift of view enables us to see a priority in terms of mental capacity, not truth and propositions
[Burge on Kant]
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7575
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A priori knowledge is limited to objects of possible experience
[Kant, by Jolley]
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12414
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A priori knowledge occurs absolutely independently of all experience
[Kant]
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9351
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One sort of a priori knowledge just analyses given concepts, but another ventures further
[Kant]
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21476
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A priori propositions are those we could never be seriously motivated to challenge
[Schopenhauer]
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9158
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For Frege a priori knowledge derives from general principles, so numbers can't be primitive
[Frege]
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8259
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Kripke has breathed new life into the a priori/a posteriori distinction
[Kripke, by Lowe]
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16989
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Rather than 'a priori truth', it is best to stick to whether some person knows it on a priori evidence
[Kripke]
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4947
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A priori truths can be known independently of experience - but they don't have to be
[Kripke]
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6982
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Long arithmetic calculations show the a priori can be fallible
[Jackson]
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16892
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Is apriority predicated mainly of truths and proofs, or of human cognition?
[Burge]
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12390
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A priori knowledge comes from available a priori warrants that produce truth
[Kitcher]
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9333
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A priori belief is not necessarily a priori justification, or a priori knowledge
[Horwich]
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20471
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Epistemic a priori conditions concern either the source, defeasibility or strength
[Casullo]
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20477
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The main claim of defenders of the a priori is that some justifications are non-experiential
[Casullo]
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3306
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The clearest a priori knowledge is proving non-existence through contradiction
[Benardete,JA]
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20298
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The traditional a priori is justified without experience; post-Quine it became unrevisable by experience
[Rey]
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9128
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It is propositional attitudes which can be a priori, not the propositions themselves
[Sorensen]
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9130
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Attributing apriority to a proposition is attributing a cognitive ability to someone
[Sorensen]
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4645
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'A priori' does not concern how you learn a proposition, but how you show whether it is true or false
[Baggini /Fosl]
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