Decius comments on Things philosophers have debated - Less Wrong

4 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 31 October 2012 05:09AM

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Comment author: TimS 01 November 2012 03:34:38AM -1 points [-]

Kant claimed one could know most of the interesting things a priori, even if one couldn't know everything.

Comment author: [deleted] 01 November 2012 11:41:17AM 2 points [-]

I don't think that's true. Much of the point of the first Critique was to vindicate experience as a source of knowledge, for which he thought he needed to appeal to certain synthetic a priori propositions (like causality). When we at LW appeal to causality as a necessary part of the map, but not necessarily a part of the territory, we are making a similar move. Kant was the great enemy of metaphysics.

About morality, you're largely right, though a fair bulk of his writing on morality consists of discussions of social practices and law.

Comment author: thomblake 02 November 2012 04:24:54PM 0 points [-]

Much of the point of the first Critique was to vindicate experience as a source of knowledge

Yes.