Day 3: A Priori, A Posteriori, Analytic, & Synthetic

•      Review/Questions

•      Kant’s Copernican Revolution

•      Analytic vs. Synthetic

•      A Priori vs. A Posteriori

•      Combining the Schemes

•      Assign Essay 1

•      Read: CPR 63-74 (A17/31-B46), &

               KVSI chp. 1

Kant’s Copernican Revolution

•      Copernican Revolution, CPR-Bxvi-xxvii

•      Two parts of metaphysics, CPR-Bxviii-xxi

•      Dogmatism, Dogmatic Method, Knowledge, Science, and Metaphysics as Science

Analytic vs. Synthetic

•      Meaning of analytic: CPR-B10; Pr 14

•      All bodies are extended. (Pr 14, CPR-B11)

•      All bachelors are unmarried men. (Prof)

•      Bipedal animals have two legs. (Prof) 

Analytic vs. Synthetic

•      Meaning of synthetic: Pr 14; CPR-B11

•      All bodies are heavy. (CPR-B11, Pr 14)

•      The grass outside the house is green. (Prof)

•      Jack is the tallest member of his family. (Prof)

A Priori vs. A Posteriori

•      Criteria of a priori judgments:

    (1) Independent of Experience,

    (2) Necessity, and

    (3) Strict Universality.

A Priori vs. A Posteriori

•      Explaining the Distinction: CPR-B2-3

•      The square of the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

•      All crows are black.

•      Every creature with a heart also has a kidney.

•      It is raining outside.

•      Bodies are heavy (i.e. bodies have mass).

•      Every alteration has its cause (CPR-B3&5).

Combining the Schemes

--needed to be in class to see the graphic

Assign Essay 1