Philosophy A-Level
A priori knowledge of existence
What A priori knowledge of existence means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Descartes' proofs appear to claim this, which the Fork says is impossible because relations of ideas tell us nothing about existence.
Topics that use A priori knowledge of existence
- Reason as a source of knowledge (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Certainty and foundationalism
- Copy principle
- Empiricism
- Hume's Fork
- Intuition
- Leibniz and necessary truths
- Plato's theory of recollection
- Proof of the external world
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