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

7554	Self-evidence is often a mere will-o'-the-wisp [Russell]
	Full Idea: Self-evidence is often a mere will-o'-the-wisp, which is sure to lead us astray if we take it as our guide.
	From: Bertrand Russell (Mathematics and the Metaphysicians [1901], p.78)
	A reaction: The sort of nice crisp remark you would expect from a good empiricist philosopher. Compare Idea 4948. However Russell qualifies it with the word 'often', and all philosophers eventually realise that you have to start somewhere.

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

3876	If my team is losing 3-1, I have synthetic a priori knowledge that they need two goals for a draw [PG]
	Full Idea: If my football team is losing 3-1, I seem to have synthetic a priori knowledge that they need two goals to achieve a draw
	From: PG (Db (ideas) [2031])