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    A concept whose sole cognitive work is performed by assoc... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The concept of causality is contributed by the mind a priori, not derived from sensory perception

    A concept whose sole cognitive work is performed by associative habit cannot be genuinely a priori in the relevant sense.

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    • 1.A priori knowledge requires justification independent of experience; habit-based associations are learned through repeated experience.
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    • 2.Associative habits can be overridden or revised by new experiences, whereas genuine a priori truths are necessarily invariant.
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    • 3.If a concept's content depends entirely on contingent patterns of association, it lacks the universality constitutive of a priori knowledge.
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    • 1.A priori justification concerns reasoning relations, not causal origins; even habit-formed concepts can support non-experiential inferences.
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    • 2.Mathematical concepts like 'number' depend partly on associative learning yet support a priori reasoning about necessary truths.
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    • 3.The claim conflates psychological mechanism with epistemic status; how we acquire a concept doesn't determine what it can justify.
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