Single Idea 2494

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique]

Full Idea

That there is more in the content of a concept than there is in the experiences that prompt us to form it is the burden of the traditional rationalist critique of empiricism (as worked out by Leibniz and Kant).

Gist of Idea

Rationalists say there is more to a concept than the experience that prompts it

Source

Jerry A. Fodor (In a Critical Condition [2000], Ch.12)

Book Reference

Fodor,Jerry A.: 'In Critical Condition' [MIT 2000], p.150