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'Phaedo', 'New Essays on Human Understanding' and 'Law, Pragmatism and Democracy'
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 2. Self-Evidence
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Descartes needs to demonstrate how other people can attain his clear and distinct conceptions [Leibniz]
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 3. Innate Knowledge / a. Innate knowledge
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Arithmetic and geometry are implicitly innate, awaiting revelation [Leibniz]
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Children learn language fast, with little instruction and few definitions [Leibniz]
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All of our thoughts come from within the soul, and not from the senses [Leibniz]
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 3. Innate Knowledge / b. Recollection doctrine
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People are obviously recollecting when they react to a geometrical diagram [Plato]
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If we feel the inadequacy of a resemblance, we must recollect the original [Plato]
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 3. Innate Knowledge / c. Tabula rasa
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What is left of the 'blank page' if you remove the ideas? [Leibniz]
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 6. A Priori from Reason
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To achieve pure knowledge, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things with the soul [Plato]
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