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The poverty of conceptual truth : Kant's analytic/synthetic distinction and the limits of metaphysics /

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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 agains...

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Main Author: Anderson, R. Lanier (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Kant, Immanuel, > 1724-1804.
Kant, Immanuel, > 1724-1804
Judgment.
Metaphysics.
Judgment
Metaphysics
Jugement.
Métaphysique.
metaphysics.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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'.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191792199
0191792195
9780191036842
0191036846