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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785094503321

Autore

Horowitz Tamara

Titolo

The epistemology of a priori knowledge [[electronic resource] /] / Tamara Horowitz ; edited by Joseph L. Camp, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-773031-0

0-19-062349-7

1-280-70450-0

0-19-534611-4

1-4237-6204-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CampJoseph L

Disciplina

121/.3

Soggetti

A priori

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 The Backtracking Fallacy; 2 Making Rational Choices When Preferences Cycle; 3 A Priori Truth; 4 Stipulation and Epistemological Privilege; 5 Newcomb's Problem as a Thought Experiment; 6 Philosophical Intuitions and Psychological Theory; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

Though she had wide-ranging interests during her career, Tamara Horowitz was mostly concerned with what can be known as priori. She argued against too much confidence in philosophical intuition and argued for a naturalist scientific approach. This work collects her articles.