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    It is not the case that Synthetic a priori propositions can be objects of a priori intuitions.

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    • 1.Kant's synthetic a priori propositions (e.g., '7+5=12') derive their necessity from the forms of intuition (space/time), not from conceptual understanding alone.
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    • 2.If synthetic a priori truth requires Kantian spatiotemporal intuition as its ground, then 'seeming true upon understanding' is not the operative epistemic mechanism.
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    • 3.The supporting argument conflates propositional understanding with the transcendental conditions Kant held necessary for synthetic a priori cognition.
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    • 1.A priori intuitions, as Quine argues in 'Two Dogmas,' cannot be reliably distinguished from deeply entrenched empirical beliefs resistant to revision.
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    • 2.If the feeling of necessity in synthetic a priori propositions is indistinguishable from strong empirical habituation, 'intuition' fails as an epistemic category.
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    • 1.A priori intuitions are states where a proposition seems true solely on the basis of understanding it.
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    • 2.Synthetic a priori propositions can seem true to a person solely on the basis of understanding them.
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