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[from 'Metaphysics: the logical approach' by José A. Benardete, in 12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 5. A Priori Synthetic ]

Full Idea

No one thinks that the proposition that something exists that transcends all possible experience harbours a logical inconsistency. Its denial cannot therefore be an analytic proposition, so it must be synthetic, though only knowable on a priori grounds.

Gist of Idea

Assertions about existence beyond experience can only be a priori synthetic

Source

José A. Benardete (Metaphysics: the logical approach [1989], Ch.18)

Book Reference

Benardete,José A.: 'Metaphysics: The Logical Approach' [OUP 1989], p.135