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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789088303321

Autore

Piazza Tommaso <1972->

Titolo

A priori knowledge [[electronic resource] ] : toward a phenomenological explanation / / Tommaso Piazza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt ; ; New Brunswick, : Ontos Verlag, 2007

ISBN

3-11-032564-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Collana

Phenomenology & Mind ; ; 10

Disciplina

121/.3

Soggetti

A priori

Phenomenology

Knowledge, Theory of

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 (p. [185]-193).

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- A Priori, Analyticity, and Implicit Definition -- Realism about Logic -- Objective Knowledge -- Phenomenology and Rational Insight -- Conclusion -- References

Sommario/riassunto

The book sets out to analyze the notion of a priori justification and of a priori knowledge. The most influential explanations of the a priori within the contemporary analytic tradition are analyzed. It is shown that the theories which group around the notion of implicit definition ultimately entail that the propositions which can be known a priori are to be analyzed along conventionalist lines. It is argued that the notion of objective a priori knowledge requires a commitment to the existence of a faculty which is the source of and justifies that kind of knowledge. The existence and functioni