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All the ideas for 'A priori/A posteriori', 'The Human Body is a sort of Machine' and 'Representation in Music'

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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 10. A Priori as Subjective
3913 Maybe imagination is the source of a priori justification [Casullo]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression
12167 Reference without predication is the characteristic of expression [Scruton]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 5. Art as Language
12166 If music refers to love, it contains no predication, so it is expression, not language [Scruton]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / a. Music
12168 Music is not representational, since thoughts about a subject are never essential to it [Scruton]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes
19376 A machine is best defined by its final cause, which explains the roles of the parts [Leibniz]