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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...

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Published in:Journal of the History of Philosophy Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 195 - 216
Main Author: Shabel, Lisa
Format: Article
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press Apr2004
Subjects:
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804
Spacetime
Geometry
Euclid's elements
Idealism
Transcendental functions
Axiomatic geometry
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