Axioms and the A-Priori
I am not a Kantian, nor an expert on Kantianism. But the common understanding of "a-priori" is knowledge that can be established prior to...
Jan 23, 2011
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I am not a Kantian, nor an expert on Kantianism. But the common understanding of "a-priori" is knowledge that can be established prior to...
On the general level, Objectivism and Rationalism differ because the former is a philosophical system encompassing metaphysics, epistemology
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