Matter of fact
A matter of fact is a lexical phrase.[1] In the Humean sense, is the type of knowledge that can be characterized as arising out of one's interaction with and experience in the external world (as compared to a relations of ideas). In a Kantian framework, it is equivalent to the synthetic a posteriori.
Examples
- The sun will come out tomorrow. (Not reason but habitual)
- There are people outside the room. (One cannot know what is outside one's own experience)
- How we know
- It is impossible to "know."
- Depend upon the principles of induction and the uniformity of nature.
- Denying these do not lead to a contradiction.
References
- ↑ Willis, D. (2003). Rules, Patterns and Words: Grammar and Lexis in English Language Teaching. Cambridge Language Teaching Library. Cambridge University Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-521-82924-3. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
Further reading
 |
Look up matter of fact in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- Tweyman, S. (1995). David Hume: Critical Assessments. David Hume: Critical Assessments. Routledge. p. 257. ISBN 978-0-415-12314-3. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.