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Ideas for 'Ways of Worldmaking', 'In a Critical Condition' and 'What Numbers Are'

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2. Reason / E. Argument / 2. Transcendental Argument

2470	Transcendental arguments move from knowing Q to knowing P because it depends on Q [Fodor]
	Full Idea: Transcendental arguments ran: "If it weren't that P, we couldn't know (now 'say' or 'think' or 'judge') that Q; and we do know (now…) that Q; therefore P". Old and new arguments tend to be equally unconvincing, because of their empiricist preconceptions.
	From: Jerry A. Fodor (In a Critical Condition [2000], Ch. 3)