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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 1. Nature of the A Priori
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The notion of a priori truth is absent in Aristotle [Aristotle, by Politis]
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 9. A Priori from Concepts
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Relations of ideas are known by thought, independently from the world [Hume]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / e. Primary/secondary critique
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If secondary qualities (e.g. hardness) are in the mind, so are primary qualities like extension [Hume]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 3. Representation
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It never occurs to people that they only experience representations, not the real objects [Hume]
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12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism
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Aristotle is a rationalist, but reason is slowly acquired through perception and experience [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism
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All reasoning about facts is causal; nothing else goes beyond memory and senses [Hume]
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Impressions are our livelier perceptions, Ideas the less lively ones [Hume]
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All objects of enquiry are Relations of Ideas, or Matters of Fact [Hume]
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If books don't relate ideas or explain facts, commit them to the flames [Hume]
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All ideas are copies of impressions [Hume]
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Hume is loose when he says perceptions of different strength are different species [Reid on Hume]
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12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 2. Associationism
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All ideas are connected by Resemblance, Contiguity in time or place, and Cause and Effect [Hume]
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12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 4. Pro-Empiricism
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We cannot form the idea of something we haven't experienced [Hume]
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Only madmen dispute the authority of experience [Hume]
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When definitions are pushed to the limit, only experience can make them precise [Hume]
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You couldn't reason at all if you lacked experience [Hume]
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How could Adam predict he would drown in water or burn in fire? [Hume]
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We can only invent a golden mountain by combining experiences [Hume]
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12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique
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If a person had a gap in their experience of blue shades, they could imaginatively fill it in [Hume]
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Hume mistakenly lumps sensations and perceptions together as 'impressions' [Scruton on Hume]
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Extreme empiricists can hardly explain anything [Swoyer]
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12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition
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Aristotle wants to fit common intuitions, and therefore uses language as a guide [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
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