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Ideas for 'works', 'Existence,Ontological Commitment and Fictions' and 'Thought'

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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 / 8. A Priori as Analytic
3088 Analyticity is postulated because we can't imagine some things being true, but we may just lack imagination [Harman]
     Full Idea: Analyticity is postulated to explain why we cannot imagine certain things being true. A better postulate is that we are not good at imagining things.
     From: Gilbert Harman (Thought [1973], 6.7)
3089 Only lack of imagination makes us think that 'cats are animals' is analytic [Harman]
     Full Idea: That 'cats are animals' is often cited as an analytic truth. But (as Putnam points out) the inability to imagine this false is just a lack of imagination. They might turn out to be radio-controlled plastic spies from Mars.
     From: Gilbert Harman (Thought [1973], 6.7)