Single Idea 3345

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 5. A Priori Synthetic]

Full Idea

Appeals to intuition - no matter how informal - can hardly fail to smack of the synthetic a priori.

Gist of Idea

Appeals to intuition seem to imply synthetic a priori knowledge

Source

José A. Benardete (Metaphysics: the logical approach [1989], Ch.18)

Book Reference

Benardete,José A.: 'Metaphysics: The Logical Approach' [OUP 1989], p.136

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