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Unread 08-21-2014, 05:19 PM   #1475 (permalink)
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Konrad Lorenz pointed out that Kant’s a-priori are evolutionary a-posteriori. “we didn’t learn it, but our ancestors did”
Does a-priori knowledge (to us, hardwired genetically) exclude the possibility of "being developed"? Is it still a-priori?

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“Creatures inveterately wrong in their inductions have a pathetic but praise-worthy tendency to die before reproducing their kind.”
―Willard Van Orman Quine
Cool quote. I think I get it. Have you seen this American comedy? If not, you DEFINITELY should.


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