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Ideas for 'The Philosophy of Philosophy', 'Summa Theologicae' and 'Realism, Mathematics and Modality'

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

9597	There are 'armchair' truths which are not a priori, because experience was involved [Williamson]

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Some things are self-evident to us; others are only self-evident in themselves [Aquinas]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 8. A Priori as Analytic

21250

A proposition is self-evident if the predicate is included in the essence of the subject [Aquinas]

12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism

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Sensation prepares the way for intellectual knowledge, which needs the virtues of reason [Aquinas]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition

9592	Intuition is neither powerful nor vacuous, but reveals linguistic or conceptual competence [Williamson]

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When analytic philosophers run out of arguments, they present intuitions as their evidence [Williamson]