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Contingent A Priori ... in some sense a contingent a priori is similar to a forensic inference. this is a form of logic in which one begins from a fact and
Restatement of the Central Argument ... [Joe]: nor did I say they were. I said that you first admitted being aware of them in your last post. after months of
I been revising my website and I've added a page that focuses exclusively on defining 'am' and discuss its use: http://what-am-i.net/alpi_am_definition.htm
hello! is anyone aware of what the connection between Pascal's Pensees 33 and the second Meditation? Pascal 33 ''Poetical beauty.--As we speak of poetical
[Joe]: however, in any inquiry into the structure of the human individual, it is woefully inadequate because it has not yet been established that the human is