transcendental argument

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transcendental
adjective
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/ˌtræn.senˈden.təl/us
/ˌtræn.senˈden.t̬əl/
A transcendental experience, event, object, or idea is extremely special and unusual and cannot be understood in ...
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argument
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɑːɡ.jə.mənt/us
/ˈɑːrɡ.jə.mənt/
a disagreement, or the process ...
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He has a 'transcendentalargument' to show that interpretation requires a ' bridgehead ' of beliefs having to do with ' middlesized ' objects.
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There are a number of ways that one might deny that a giventranscendentalargumentgives us knowledge of the world.
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He graduated in 1991 with a thesis on transcendental arguments in contemporary philosophy.
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Transcendental arguments are often used as arguments against skepticism, usually about the reality of the external world or other minds.
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Perhaps transcendental arguments show only necessities of our cognitive apparatus rather than realities of the world apart from us.
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In practice this school utilizes what have come to be known as transcendental arguments.
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It is controversial, though, whether his own transcendental arguments should be classified as progressive or regressive.
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Not all use of transcendental arguments are intended to counter skepticism, however.
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This objection may amount to throwing doubt on whether transcendental arguments are ever more than merely regressive.
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Regressive transcendental arguments are more conservative in that they do not purport to make substantive ontological claims about the world.
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