The poverty of conceptual truth : Kant's analytic / synthetic distinction and the limits of metaphysics
Anderson, R. LanierAuthor
R. Lanier Anderson presents a new account of Kant's distinction between analytic and synthetic judgments, and provides it with a clear basis within traditional logic. He reconstructs compelling claims about the syntheticity of elementary mathematics, and re-animates Kant's arguments against traditional metaphysics in the 'Critique of Pure Reason'.
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R. Lanier Anderson presents a new account of Kant's distinction between analytic and synthetic judgments, and provides it with a clear basis within traditional logic. He reconstructs compelling claims about the syntheticity of elementary mathematics, and re-animates Kant's arguments against traditional metaphysics in the 'Critique of Pure Reason'.
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Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.
Metaphysics
Philosophy & Religion
Philosophy