“It appears to me that “a priori” is a semantic stopsign; its only visible meaning is “Don’t ask!”″
No, a priori reasoning is what mathematicians do for a living. Despite operating entirely by means of semantic stopsigns, mathematics seems nevertheless to enjoy rude health.
“It appears to me that “a priori” is a semantic stopsign; its only visible meaning is “Don’t ask!”″
No, a priori reasoning is what mathematicians do for a living. Despite operating entirely by means of semantic stopsigns, mathematics seems nevertheless to enjoy rude health.