Synthetic Judgment
Synthetic Judgment
(Kant. Ger. synthetische Urteil) A judgment relating a subject concept with a predicate concept not included within the subject proper. The validity of such a judgment depends on its ‘ground’. Kant’s central question was”Are synthetic a priori judgments possible?” See Kantianism, Scientific Empiricism. See also Meaning, kinds of, 2. — O.F.K.