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Re: Kant's "transcendental distinction" = The Knowledge Fairy     

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Author: Malrassic Park
Date: Jun 11, 2007 19:40

... From that page: "However, aprioricity, analyticity, and necessity have since been more..., whereas Hume disproved necessary truths as a posteriori. "Water is H2O," ...idea of necessity; to be a posteriori it must include the idea of...given above (if true) is a necessary one. Therefore it has to be... depends upon experience. Thus, 'a posteriori' refers to any presentation that ...
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Re: Kant - why knucmo and i really agree (but argue because he is wrong)     

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Author: new_idea_2007
Date: Feb 4, 2007 17:10

... of Contradiction. --- There are synthetical a posteriori judgments of empirical origin; but there ...is not transcendental. "There are synthetical a posteriori judgments of empirical origin..." and then ... thus fails to provide for its necessary truth. As for transcendental judgment, I... 'rationalism' with (Kant'sdefinition of) 'analytic'. Obviously, for him, synthetic a priori ...
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Re: Kant and the A Priori     

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Author: Immortalist
Date: Jan 23, 2007 09:04

... independent of experience, while a posteriori knowledge is dependent on experience....a synthetic statement. Unlike the analytic statement "Black cats are black...not really synthetic statements but analytic statements, which are true by...reality" in terms of universally necessary truth; e.g., "An entity...but first: the only thing necessary for information exchange is correlation...
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Re: kant - whereupon i prove knucmo wrong yet again     

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Author: George Dance
Date: Jan 12, 2007 08:32

... and they are A PRIORI in that he believes they are absolute, universal, and necessary truths. So when we discover (as with the geometry of our space, the logic of...distinction of the a priori from the a posteriori is a failure. There is no valid criteria...add, though, that I do believe in an analytic/synthetic distinction, certainly in regard to the laws of...
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Re: Kant - why knucmo and i really agree (but argue because he is wrong)     

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Author: knucmo
Date: Jan 11, 2007 11:32

...the question) or synthetic a posteriori judgements, which might guarantee their...absolute necessity", and not "absolute truth", which has different implications. Herein...they are absolute, universal, and necessary truths. So when we discover...priori. But not contingent, nor analytic. SYNTHETIC. Hence, Kant anticipates the...as the academic source of truth and reference, I am not...
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Kant - why knucmo and i really agree (but argue because he is wrong)     

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Author: galathaea
Date: Jan 10, 2007 21:24

... from one that consists of analytical propositions; it signifies only that ... thought without identity. ...until its truth is ascertained through synthetic process....No. I marvelously confuse a posteriori with contingent. That is my...they are absolute, universal, and necessary truths. So when we discover...priori. But not contingent, nor analytic. SYNTHETIC. Hence, Kant anticipates the...
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Re: kant     

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Author: galathaea
Date: Jan 6, 2007 20:24

... mistaken so i may learn: *) analytical reasoning is a process of ...application @) synthetic reasoning brings predicate truth beyond the information contained in...that must exist it is necessary truth universal to all possible...whole distinction empiricists - synthetic a posteriori contingent and learned through experience...
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Re: kant     

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Author: knucmo
Date: Jan 5, 2007 04:25

... am mistaken so i may learn: *) analytical reasoning is a process of rational ... logical application @) synthetic reasoning brings predicate truth beyond the information contained in the ... knowledge that must exist it is necessary truth universal to all possible worlds.... There are still synthetic a posteriori judgments. this is where kant ...
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kant     

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Author: galathaea
Date: Jan 5, 2007 01:24

... without contradiction. The opposite of an ANALYTIC proposition implies logical impossibility. The opposite ... logical application @) synthetic reasoning brings predicate truth beyond the information contained in the... knowledge that must exist it is necessary truth universal to all possible ... like 2 + 2 = 4 .) a posteriori knowledge is contingent on further ...
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Re: Sherlock Holmes: Is It Deduction Or Induction?     

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Author: Don H
Date: Oct 10, 2006 12:41

...use himself to clarify the difference between necessary truths and theories? Reminds me of .../Coherentism.htm - A priori/a posteriori, analytic/synthetic, necessary/contingent ...three ways to ... contains contingent, synthetic, and a posteriori statements. But this neat division of ... are examples of such a posteriori necessities. Philosophical Problems and Arguments: An...
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