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[from 'There is No A Priori (and reply)' by Michael Devitt, in 12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 11. Denying the A Priori ]

Full Idea

It is overwhelmingly plausible that some knowledge is empirical. The attractive thesis of naturalism is that all knowledge is; there is only one way of knowing.

Gist of Idea

Some knowledge must be empirical; naturalism implies that all knowledge is like that

Source

Michael Devitt (There is No A Priori (and reply) [2005], 1)

Book Reference

'Contemporary Debates in Epistemology (2nd ed)', ed/tr. Steup/Turri/Sosa [Wiley Blackwell 2014], p.185


A Reaction

How many ways for us to know seems to depend on what faculties we have. We lump our senses together under a single heading. The arrival of data is not the same as the arrival of knowledge. I'm unconvinced that naturalists like me must accept this.