Kant and synthetic apriori judgements
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Kant thinks we need to explain how synthetic a priori judgments are possible because they provide the basis for significant portions of our knowledge. He thinks that arithmetic and geometry comprise such judgments and that natural science depends on them for its power to explain and predict events. If we look at the distinction between analytic and synthetic. Anylitic statements do not add to our knowledge they simply explain. For instance, look at the sentence "all bachelors are unmarried." We know this to be true because the word Bachelor includes that fact that the person is unmarried. We learn nothing new from the portion of the sentence that tells us he is unmarried. Synthetic statements reveal some "truth" about the subject of the sentence. Look at the sentence, "that Bachelor is tall." In this sentence we learn something new about the Bachelor...