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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 5. A Priori Synthetic

9225	Hegel reputedly claimed to know a priori that there are five planets [Hegel, by Field,H]
	Full Idea: Hegel is reputed to have claimed to have deduced on a priori grounds that the number of planets is exactly five.
	From: report of Georg W.F.Hegel (works [1812]) by Hartry Field - Recent Debates on the A Priori 1
	A reaction: Even if this is a wicked travesty of Hegel, it will do nicely to represent the extremes of claims to a priori synthetic knowledge. Field doesn't offer any evidence. I would love it to be true.