Strelok

Somebody defined the operation of addition - it did not arise out of pure thought alone, as is evidenced by the fact that nobody bothered to define some other operation by which two compounds could be combined to produce a lesser quantity of some other compound (at least until people began formalizing chemistry). There are an infinite number of possible operations, most of which are completely meaningless for any purpose we would put them to. Knowledge of addition isn't knowledge at all until you have something to add.

The problem here is that you seem t... (read more)

• A priori knowledge: Yes

  To ground epistemic justification of logical systems, or beliefs about the nature of mathematical objects (that is, not simply their presence and implications), is impossible because empirical analysis is constrained against other possible worlds.

• Abstract objects: Platonism

  To say that universals are but conceptual utilities is to be lazy and uninteresting. Universals are necessary to evade the problem of cosmic coincidence, and a world where common properties between objects is merely an arbitrary evaluation seems implausible

A priori knowledge: Yes. To ground epistemic justification of logical systems, or beliefs about the nature of mathematical objects (that is, not simply their presence and implications), is impossible because empirical analysis is constrained against other possible worlds. Abstract objects: Platonism. To say that universals are conceptual utilities is to be lazy and uninteresting. Universals are necessary to evade the problem of cosmic coincidence, and a world where common properties between objects is merely an arbitrary evaluation seems implausible. Aesth... (read more)

A priori knowledge: yes or no?

Yes.

Abstract objects: Platonism or nominalism?

Platonism. Full-fledged platonic realism.

Aesthetic value: objective or subjective?

Objective. I use a theory of subject-*independent sense-data to justify my aesthetic theories.

Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes or no?

Yes.

Epistemic justification: internalism or externalism?

Internalism. Epistemic justificaiton is conferred in propositional attitudes.

External world: idealism, skepticism, or non-skeptical realism?

Idealism. Panprotoexperientialism combined with objective idealism; the ... (read more)

A priori knowledge: yes or no?

Yes.

Abstract objects: Platonism or nominalism?

Platonism. That is to say, not simply immanent realism; full-fledged platonic realism about abstract objects.

Aesthetic value: objective or subjective?

Objective.

Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes or no?

Yes.

Epistemic justification: internalism or externalism?

Internalism.

External world: idealism, skepticism, or non-skeptical realism?

Non-skeptical realism.

Free will: compatibilism, libertarianism, or no free will?

Libertarianism. AKA "contra-causal free will".

God: theism or at... (read more)