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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. |
8887 | It is hard to give the concept of 'self-evident' a clear and defensible characterization [Bonjour] |
Full Idea: Foundationalists find it difficult to attach a clear and defensible content to the idea that basic beliefs that are characterized as 'self-justified' or 'self-evident'. | |
From: Laurence Bonjour (A Version of Internalist Foundationalism [2003], 1.4) | |
A reaction: A little surprising from a fan of a priori foundations, especially given that 'self-evident' is common usage, and not just philosophers' jargon. I think we can talk of self-evidence without a precise definition. We talk of an 'ocean' without trouble. |
17052 | The a priori analytic truths involving fixing of reference are contingent [Kripke] |
Full Idea: If statements whose a priori truth is known via the fixing of a reference are counted as analytic, then some analytic truths are contingent. | |
From: Saul A. Kripke (Naming and Necessity notes and addenda [1972], note 63) |