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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 1. Nature of the A Priori

11239	The notion of a priori truth is absent in Aristotle [Aristotle, by Politis]
	Full Idea: The notion of a priori truth is conspicuously absent in Aristotle.
	From: report of Aristotle (works [c.330 BCE]) by Vassilis Politis - Aristotle and the Metaphysics 1.5
	A reaction: Cf. Idea 11240.

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 9. A Priori from Concepts

17726	Examining accurate, justified or grounded concepts brings understanding of the world [Jenkins]
	Full Idea: Examining accurate concepts can help us acquire true beliefs about the world, examining justified concepts can help us acquire justified beliefs about the world, and examining grounded concepts can help us acquire knowledge of it.
	From: Carrie Jenkins (Grounding Concepts [2008], 4.4)
	A reaction: This summarises Jenkins's empirical account of concepts, and I love it all to bits. I feel that contemporary philosophy is beginning to produce a coherent naturalistic worldview which can replace religion. Bar the rituals. We can have priests...