Kant's "Argument from Geometry".
Discusses philosopher Immanuel Kant's argument from geometry, or a transcendental argument in support of his claim that individuals have a pure intuition of space. Possibility of synthetic a priori cognition of the principles of Euclidean geometry; Characterization of Kant as having attempted to de...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the History of Philosophy Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 195 - 216 |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Apr2004
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| Sumario: | Discusses philosopher Immanuel Kant's argument from geometry, or a transcendental argument in support of his claim that individuals have a pure intuition of space. Possibility of synthetic a priori cognition of the principles of Euclidean geometry; Characterization of Kant as having attempted to deduce a theory of space as pure intuition from an assumption about mathematical cognition; Tenets of Kant's transcendental idealism. |
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