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What's the point of philosophy any more?
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RE: What's the point of philosophy any more?
(March 20, 2018 at 9:20 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote:
(March 20, 2018 at 11:21 am)polymath257 Wrote: For example, Kant considered Euclidean geometry to be a priori. We know that is nowhere close to being the case.

Isn't all math a priori though?

Sorry, I meant he claimed it to be *synthetic* a priori. It is, instead, analytic a priori. The 'truths' of Euclidean Geometry are derived from the definitions and axioms. They do not go 'beyond' such. And the axioms may well be false in the real world.
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RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by Sal - March 20, 2018 at 7:33 am
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by Brian37 - March 20, 2018 at 4:36 pm
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by tjakey - March 20, 2018 at 9:40 am
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by polymath257 - March 21, 2018 at 3:00 am
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by Silver - March 20, 2018 at 12:05 pm
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by Brian37 - March 20, 2018 at 12:16 pm
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by Brian37 - March 20, 2018 at 12:33 pm
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by Brian37 - March 20, 2018 at 4:32 pm
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by bennyboy - March 22, 2018 at 12:30 am
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by bennyboy - March 24, 2018 at 10:31 pm
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by Angrboda - March 25, 2018 at 12:52 pm
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by bennyboy - March 28, 2018 at 10:24 am
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by Shell B - March 25, 2018 at 5:05 pm

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