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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Do I need 'as' in this sentence?

The Vienna circle, having used Comte’s work to further logical positivism, differed in his belief that only objective empiricist statements can be verified by separating the analytical a priori and the synthetic a posteriori statements as posited by the eminent philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). Kant asserted... etc

Do I need 'as' or just 'posited'. It sounds wrong to me without 'as' in the sentence
  

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The Vienna circle , having used Comte’s work to further logical positivism, differed in his belief A circle is usually more than one person. "As" is necessary because you don't have a relative clause here. analytical a priori and the synthetic a posteriori statements as (introducing a subordinate clause) ( it - being the thesis just mentioned - was ) posited by the eminent philosopher Immanuel Kant ...

  • The Vienna circle , having used Comte’s work to further logical positivism, differed in his belief A circle is usually more than one person.
  • "As" is necessary because you don't have a relative clause here.
  • analytical a priori and the synthetic a posteriori statements as (introducing a subordinate clause) ( it - being the thesis just mentioned - was ) posited by the eminent philosopher Immanuel Kant ...
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The Vienna circle, having used Comte’s work to further logical positivism, differed in his belief
A circle is usually more than one person.

"As" is necessary because you don't have a relative clause here.

analytical a priori and the synthetic a posteriori stat

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