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'Confessions', 'The Passions' and 'Metaphysics: the logical approach'
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 1. Nature of the A Priori
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The clearest a priori knowledge is proving non-existence through contradiction [Benardete,JA]
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 5. A Priori Synthetic
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If we know truths about prime numbers, we seem to have synthetic a priori knowledge of Platonic objects [Benardete,JA]
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Logical positivism amounts to no more than 'there is no synthetic a priori' [Benardete,JA]
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Assertions about existence beyond experience can only be a priori synthetic [Benardete,JA]
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Appeals to intuition seem to imply synthetic a priori knowledge [Benardete,JA]
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12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition
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We often trust our intuitions as rational, despite their lack of reflection [Solomon]
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12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory
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Mind and memory are the same, as shown in 'bear it in mind' or 'it slipped from mind' [Augustine]
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Memory contains innumerable principles of maths, as well as past sense experiences [Augustine]
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We would avoid remembering sorrow or fear if that triggered the emotions afresh [Augustine]
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I can distinguish different smells even when I am not experiencing them [Augustine]
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Why does joy in my mind make me happy, but joy in my memory doesn't? [Augustine]
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