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Jun. 23rd, 2005 09:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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real_philosophy lately there has been a lot of give-and-take on a priori, a posteriori, synthetic, and analytic statements. In college I was fascinated enough by philosophy of language to take a course on the subject.
However, I can't muster any excitement for it now. Besides, the monistic perspective makes that whole argument seem like just a bunch of wanking. Without an underlying assumption of dualism the distinction between a priori and a posteriori is weak.
And also, didn't Quine put all of that to rest anyway?
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However, I can't muster any excitement for it now. Besides, the monistic perspective makes that whole argument seem like just a bunch of wanking. Without an underlying assumption of dualism the distinction between a priori and a posteriori is weak.
And also, didn't Quine put all of that to rest anyway?