Short Paper on Kant Kant famouslyand controversiallyargued that some knowledge is synthetic a priori. Can you explain in your own words what Kant might have meant by this, and can you give an example of the sort of knowledge that Kant believed possessed this strange status? HINT: To answer this question in a clear and well-organized manner, you might want to first explain and illustrate Kants distinction between apriori and aposteori knowledge and also his distinction between analytic and synthetic judgments.

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Kants Synthetic a priori

By Kant indicating that some knowledge is synthetic a priori he implied that there is knowledge that is relatively uncontroversial matters of fact that we come to realize by means of our sensory encounter. Only they could offer...