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'Consciousness', 'Grundlagen der Arithmetik (Foundations)' and 'In a Critical Condition'
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 1. Nature of the A Priori
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For Frege a priori knowledge derives from general principles, so numbers can't be primitive [Frege]
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 2. Self-Evidence
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Mathematicians just accept self-evidence, whether it is logical or intuitive [Frege]
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 4. A Priori as Necessities
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An a priori truth is one derived from general laws which do not require proof [Frege]
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A truth is a priori if it can be proved entirely from general unproven laws [Frege]
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 8. A Priori as Analytic
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Frege tried to explain synthetic a priori truths by expanding the concept of analyticity [Frege, by Katz]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception
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Maybe explaining the mechanics of perception will explain the concepts involved [Fodor]
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12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism
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Rationalism can be based on an evolved computational brain with innate structure [Fodor]
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12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 2. Associationism
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According to empiricists abstraction is the fundamental mental process [Fodor]
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12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique
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Rationalists say there is more to a concept than the experience that prompts it [Fodor]
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12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition
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Intuitions cannot be communicated [Frege, by Burge]
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