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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'works' and 'Ruling Passions'

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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 2. Self-Evidence

16887	Frege's concept of 'self-evident' makes no reference to minds [Frege, by Burge]
	Full Idea: Frege's terms that translate 'self-evident' usually make no explicit reference to actual minds.
	From: report of Gottlob Frege (works [1890]) by Tyler Burge - Frege on Knowing the Foundations 4
	A reaction: This follows the distinction in Aquinas, between things that are intrinsically self-evident, and things that are self-evident to particular people. God, presumably, knows all of the former.

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 4. A Priori as Necessities

16894	An apriori truth is grounded in generality, which is universal quantification [Frege, by Burge]
	Full Idea: Generality for Frege is simply universal quantification; what makes a truth apriori is that its ultimate grounds are universally quantified.
	From: report of Gottlob Frege (works [1890]) by Tyler Burge - Frege on Apriority (with ps) 2