![]() ![]() With the geometrical proposition "the whole is greater than its part," the predicate is necessarily joined to the subject and the mind brings in a purified intuition of space. Mathematical knowledge can proceed only by construction of concepts, in a mentally purified field of space and/or time. Kant asserts that pure mathematics is an example of synthetic a priori knowledge. ![]() In Kant's view, Hume decisively showed that we have neither synthetic a posteriori (empirical) nor analytic a priori knowledge of causation. It is not expressed in synthetic a posteriori judgments, or judgments whose predicate adds something to the subject and which are only discovered through concrete experience. It is not expressed in analytic a priori judgments, or judgments whose predicate is contained in their subject and which can be discovered without the use of concrete experience. Metaphysics would concern topics such as causality, substance, the universe as a whole, free will, the immortal soul, and God.ģ. Kant is interested in whether metaphysics, as a science consisting of synthetic a priori propositions, is at all possible. The Modern Philosophy anthology edited by Watkins and Ariew and publishedġ. These notes refer to the translation of Kant's Prolegomena found in ![]() ![]() Notes on Kant's Prolegomena Notes on Kant's ![]()
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