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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820632103321

Titolo

New essays on the a priori / / edited by Paul Boghossian and Christopher Peacocke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-19-159710-4

1-281-94402-5

9786611944025

0-19-152907-9

Descrizione fisica

xi, 478 p

Altri autori (Persone)

BoghossianPaul Artin

PeacockeChristopher

Disciplina

398.2

121.3

Soggetti

A priori

Knowledge, Theory of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Frege on Apriority -- 3. Rationalism, Empiricism, and the A Priori -- 4. A Priori Knowledge Revisited -- 5. Naturalism and the A Priori -- 6. Apriority as an Evaluative Notion -- 7. Stipulation, Meaning, and Apriority -- 8. A Priori Rules: Wittgenstein on the Normativity of Logic -- 9. Apriority and Existence -- 10. Knowlege of Logic -- 11. Explaining the A Priori: The Programme of Moderate Rationalism -- 12. Implicit Definition and the A Priori -- 13. Representation, Scepticism, and the A Priori -- 14. The Status of Logic -- 15. Transcendental Philosophy and A Priori Knowledge: A Neo-Kantian Perspective -- 16. Externalism and Armchair Knowledge -- 17. Externalism and A Priori Knowledge of Empirical Facts -- 18. The Psychophysical Nexus -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Sommario/riassunto

A stellar line-up of leading philosophers from around the world offer new treatments of a topic which has long been central to philosophical debate, and in which there has recently been a surge of interest. The a



priori is the category of knowledge that is supposed to be independent of experience. The contributors offer a variety of approaches to the a priori and examine its role in different areas of philosophical inquiry. The editors' introduction offers an idealway into the discussions. This rich and innovative book will repay the attention of anyone working on fundamental issues in epistemology or the philosophies of mind, language, logic, or mathematics.