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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 1. Nature of the A Priori
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The notion of a priori truth is absent in Aristotle [Aristotle, by Politis]
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The clearest a priori knowledge is proving non-existence through contradiction [Benardete,JA]
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 5. A Priori Synthetic
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If we know truths about prime numbers, we seem to have synthetic a priori knowledge of Platonic objects [Benardete,JA]
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Logical positivism amounts to no more than 'there is no synthetic a priori' [Benardete,JA]
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Assertions about existence beyond experience can only be a priori synthetic [Benardete,JA]
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Appeals to intuition seem to imply synthetic a priori knowledge [Benardete,JA]
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12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism
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Aristotle is a rationalist, but reason is slowly acquired through perception and experience [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition
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Aristotle wants to fit common intuitions, and therefore uses language as a guide [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
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