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'Metaphysics: the logical approach', 'The View from Nowhere' and 'Ethical consistency'
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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 / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / b. Primary/secondary
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Modern science depends on the distinction between primary and secondary qualities [Nagel]
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We achieve objectivity by dropping secondary qualities, to focus on structural primary qualities [Nagel]
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