tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246444662492868163.post7610880613056198565..comments2023-07-05T10:01:57.835-05:00Comments on Ciceronianus; causidicus: Where does the A Priori Come From?ciceronianushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10134836668562326081noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246444662492868163.post-61655957725427035482010-06-08T10:16:43.749-05:002010-06-08T10:16:43.749-05:00Thanks for there reference. I wonder if such thin...Thanks for there reference. I wonder if such things are better understood as propensities rather than knowledge.ciceronianushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10134836668562326081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246444662492868163.post-4711406693725968892010-06-08T08:40:53.998-05:002010-06-08T08:40:53.998-05:00They are already mental states (so, more software ...They are already mental states (so, more software than hardware, more knowledge than instinct) that we use to distinguish options and choose (e.g., babies are born with two types of arithmetics, one to handle numbers up to 3, another, less precise, to deal with larger numbers). <br /><br />If you feel interested to know more, I would strongly suggest Frith's "Making Up the Mind", a quite recent and excellent book about the brain and the mind.<br /><br />JoãoJoão Netohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560718055133816500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246444662492868163.post-50164363762949945682010-06-07T15:05:32.955-05:002010-06-07T15:05:32.955-05:00Interesting. I'm curious what they might be. ...Interesting. I'm curious what they might be. I don't know whether they would constitute a priori knowledge, though. If they are physical characteristics, then I'm not sure that "knowing" is involved.ciceronianushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10134836668562326081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246444662492868163.post-20950880908575309912010-06-07T13:33:09.955-05:002010-06-07T13:33:09.955-05:00I'm not sure if it would qualify as a priori, ...I'm not sure if it would qualify as a priori, but we do have inherit behaviors and biases when we are born that are not cultural acquired. That initial knowledge is crucial to start the bayesian reasoning that our brains do in order to learn from experience.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />João PedroJoão Netohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560718055133816500noreply@blogger.com