About the Kantian distinction between analytical judgments and synthetic judgments and their importance for the formulation of the general problem of the Critique of Pure Reason

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Ileana Paola´-Beade

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In the Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason Kant states that, although all knowledge begins with experience, there are, nevertheless, certain knowledge that do not originate from it. Assuming the existence of sciences whose propositions have universal and necessary value (such as Mathematics and pure Physics), and considering, on the other hand, that the universality and necessity of their propositions cannot be based on experience (since it can only provide merely contingent knowledge), we can conclude that we are in possession of certain a priori knowledge (that is: prior to all experience) 1, which must be distinguished from empirical or a posteriori knowledge, originating from experience.

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Paola´-BeadeI. (2020). About the Kantian distinction between analytical judgments and synthetic judgments and their importance for the formulation of the general problem of the Critique of Pure Reason. Acta Académica, 38(Mayo), 239-253. Retrieved from http://201.196.25.14/index.php/actas/article/view/457
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