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Debate 8 Discussion: Whether a priori knowledge is possible

Unisonus
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Posted 02/09/06 - 12:42 PM:	#11
- The topic is too broad. Few philosophers would disagree that a priori knowledge is possible. -Those who believe in the existence of a priori knowledge need a proof (quoting Kant is not a proof). - "All bachelor are unmarried males" is known a priori? I do not know of bachelors or unmarried males a priori, yet I know that one is the other a priori?
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Posted 02/20/06 - 09:14 PM:	#12
What is knowledge? If there is a 'collective unconscious' is this a priori knowledge? What about instinctual knowledge such as a weaver bird may have to construct his nest? or a baby's aptitude to learn language at phenomenal speed, is it using a priori knowledge? For determinists, can it be argued that the knowledge of the future is already embedded in the present and the past, and is therefore a priori?

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