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A Priori

Edwin Mares
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Author : Edwin Mares
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317547860

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In recent years many influential philosophers have advocated that philosophy is an a priori science. Yet very few epistemology textbooks discuss a priori knowledge at any length, focusing instead on empirical knowledge and empirical justification. As a priori knowledge has moved centre stage, the literature remains either too technical or too out of date to make up a reasonable component of an undergraduate course. Edwin Mares book aims to rectify this. This book seeks to make accessible to students the standard topics and current debates within a priori knowledge, including necessity and certainty, rationalism, empiricism and analyticity, Quine's attack on the a priori, Kantianism, Aristotelianism, mathematical knowledge, moral knowledge, logical knowledge and philosophical knowledge.

The Notion of the A Priori

Mikel Dufrenne
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Author : Mikel Dufrenne
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780810125438

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The Notion of the A Priori by Mikel Dufrenne Pdf

Originally published in 1966, this pivotal work of Mikel Dufrenne revises Kant’s notion of a priori, a concept previously given insufficient attention by philosophers, to realize a rich understanding that finally does justice to one of Kant’s most troubling cruxes. Following the Husserlian analytics of phenomenology, Dufrenne postulates a dualistic conception of the a priori as a structure that expresses itself outside the human subject, but also as a virtual knowledge that points to a philosophy of immediate apprehension or feeling. A friend of Paul Ricoeur, with whom he was detained as a prisoner of war during World War II, Dufrenne’s work until now has been sorely overlooked by American philosophers.

A Priori Knowledge

Paul K. Moser
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Author : Paul K. Moser
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015012842566

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A Priori Knowledge by Paul K. Moser Pdf

This volume provides philosophers and students with important contemporary investigations on a priori knowledge by well-known and influential philosophers, including A. J. Ayer, W. V. Quine, Barry Stroud, and C. I. Lewis.

A Priori Justification

Albert Casullo
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Author : Albert Casullo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003-03-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198027478

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The major divide in contemporary epistemology is between those who embrace and those who reject a priori knowledge. Albert Casullo provides a systematic treatment of the primary epistemological issues associated with the controversy. By freeing the a priori from traditional assumptions about the nature of knowledge and justification, he offers a novel approach to resolving these issues which assigns a prominent role to empirical evidence. He concludes by arguing that traditional approaches to the a priori, which focus primarily on the concepts of necessity and analyticity, are misguided.

Kant's Theory of A Priori Knowledge

Robert Greenberg
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Author : Robert Greenberg
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780271040479

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Kant's Theory of A Priori Knowledge by Robert Greenberg Pdf

The prevailing interpretation of Kant&’s First Critique in Anglo-American philosophy views his theory of a priori knowledge as basically a theory about the possibility of empirical knowledge (or experience), or the a priori conditions for that possibility (the representations of space and time and the categories). Instead, Robert Greenberg argues that Kant is more fundamentally concerned with the possibility of a priori knowledge&—the very possibility of the possibility of empirical knowledge in the first place. Greenberg advances four central theses:(1) the Critique is primarily concerned about the possibility, or relation to objects, of a priori, not empirical knowledge, and Kant&’s theory of that possibility is defensible; (2) Kant&’s transcendental ontology must be distinct from the conditions of the possibility of a priori knowledge; (3) the functions of judgment, in Kant&’s discussion of the Table of Judgments, should be seen according to his transcendental logic as having content, not as being just logical forms of judgment making; (4) Kant&’s distinction between and connection of ordering relations (Verhaltnisse) and reference relations (Beziehungen) have to be kept in mind to avoid misunderstanding the Critique. At every step of the way Greenberg contrasts his view with the major interpretations of Kant by commentators like Henry Allison, Jonathan Bennett, Paul Guyer, and Peter Strawson. Not only does this new approach to Kant present a strong challenge to these dominant interpretations, but by being more true to Kant&’s own intent it holds promise for making better sense out of what have been seen as the First Critique&’s discordant themes.

What Place for the A Priori?

Michael J. Shaffer,Michael L. Veber
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Author : Michael J. Shaffer,Michael L. Veber
Publisher : Open Court
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780812697414

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What Place for the A Priori? by Michael J. Shaffer,Michael L. Veber Pdf

This book deals with questions about the nature of a priori knowledge and its relation to empirical knowledge. Until the twentieth century, it was more or less taken for granted that there was such a thing as a priori knowledge, that is, knowledge whose source is in reason and reflection rather than sensory experience. With a few notable exceptions, philosophers believed that mathematics, logic and philosophy were all a priori. Although the seeds of doubt were planted earlier on, by the early twentieth century, philosophers were widely skeptical of the idea that there was any nontrivial existence of a priori knowledge. By the mid to late twentieth century, it became fashionable to doubt the existence of any kind of a priori knowledge at all. Since many think that philosophy is an a priori discipline if it is any kind of discipline at all, the questions about a priori knowledge are fundamental to our understanding of philosophy itself.

New Essays on the A Priori

Paul Boghossian,Christopher Peacocke
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Author : Paul Boghossian,Christopher Peacocke
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000-10-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191529078

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New Essays on the A Priori by Paul Boghossian,Christopher Peacocke Pdf

The topics of a priori knowledge and a priori justification have long played a prominent part in epistemology and the theory of meaning. Recently there has been a surge of interest in the proper explication of these notions. These newly commissioned essays, by a distinguished, international group of philosophers, will have a substantial influence on later work in this area. They discuss the relations of the a priori to meaning, justification, definition and ontology; they consider the role of the notion in Leibniz, Kant, Frege and Wittgenstein; and they address its role in recent discussions in the philosophy of mind. Particular attention is also paid to the a priori in logic, science and mathematics. The authors exhibit a wide variety of approaches, some remaining sceptical of the notion itself, some proposing that it receive a non-factualist treatment, and others proposing novel ways of explicating and defending it. The editors' Introduction provides a helpful route into the issues.

A Priori Revisability in Science

Boris D. Grozdanoff
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Author : Boris D. Grozdanoff
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781443861762

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A Priori Revisability in Science by Boris D. Grozdanoff Pdf

The most influential rationalist model of scientific knowledge is arguably the one formulated recently by Michael Friedman. The central epistemic claim of the model concerns the character of its fundamental principles which are said to be independent from experience. Friedman’s position faces the modern empiricist challenge: he has to explain how the principles could still be a priori if they change under empirical pressure. This book provides a contemporary account of the epistemic character of the principles, addressing recent work on the a priori in modern analytic epistemology. Its main thesis is that at least some principles within natural science are not empirically but a priori revisable. A Priori Revisability in Science formulates a general notion of epistemic revisability and extracts two kinds of specific revisabilities: the traditional empirical one and the suggested novel a priori revisability. It presents the argument that the latter is as vital as the former and even so within natural science. To demonstrate this, the author analyzes two case studies – one from the history of geometry and one from the history of physics – and shows that the revisions were a priori. The result of this is two-fold. First, a genuine alternative of empirical revisability is developed, and not just for traditional a priori domains like mathematics, but for the natural sciences as well. Second, a new mechanism for the dynamics of science is suggested, the a priori dynamics, at the core of which the scientific knowledge sometimes evolves through non-empirical moves.

New Essays on the a Priori

Paul Artin Boghossian,Christopher Peacocke
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Author : Paul Artin Boghossian,Christopher Peacocke
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199241262

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New Essays on the a Priori by Paul Artin Boghossian,Christopher Peacocke Pdf

A priori knowledge and justification have long played a prominent part in epistemology and the theory of meaning. This text offers a variety of approaches to the a priori, examining its role in different areas of philosophical enquiry.

A Priori

Edwin Mares
A Priori Book PDF

Author : Edwin Mares
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317547853

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A Priori by Edwin Mares Pdf

In recent years many influential philosophers have advocated that philosophy is an a priori science. Yet very few epistemology textbooks discuss a priori knowledge at any length, focusing instead on empirical knowledge and empirical justification. As a priori knowledge has moved centre stage, the literature remains either too technical or too out of date to make up a reasonable component of an undergraduate course. Edwin Mares book aims to rectify this. This book seeks to make accessible to students the standard topics and current debates within a priori knowledge, including necessity and certainty, rationalism, empiricism and analyticity, Quine's attack on the a priori, Kantianism, Aristotelianism, mathematical knowledge, moral knowledge, logical knowledge and philosophical knowledge.

A Historical and Systematic Perspective on A Priori Knowledge and Justification

Ivette Fred-Rivera
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Author : Ivette Fred-Rivera
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783031068744

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A Historical and Systematic Perspective on A Priori Knowledge and Justification by Ivette Fred-Rivera Pdf

This book provides a detailed and comprehensive account of the problem of a priori knowledge from a historical as well as a systematic perspective. The author explores Kant’s views in connection with the possibility of revision, something hardly, if at all, done in philosophical literature. Furthermore, the views of well-renowned philosophers such as Quine, Putnam, Kitcher, and Hale are discussed in detail and are put into a historical and systematic perspective. Finally, this book contains a glossary of important notions offering illuminating accounts of a priori knowledge and related notions and explains the relationship between a priori knowledge, fallibility and revision. The detailing of concepts such as ‘defeasibility’, ‘infallibility’, ‘falsifiability’ helps anyone reading philosophical literature to pin down the meaning of the terms and its implications in this context. The enriched and dual approach the author takes makes the book a very useful and lucid guide to the problem of a priori knowledge.

Husserl and the A Priori

Daniele De Santis
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Author : Daniele De Santis
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030695286

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Husserl and the A Priori by Daniele De Santis Pdf

This book presents a systematic discussion of the development of Husserl’s concept of the a priori from his early and through his later writings. The chapters contained herein analyze the different phases and aspects of Husserl’s phenomenology of the a priori in light of his twofold notion of reason, construed as both ontological and transcendental. Starting from the assessment of the introduction of the notion of a priori knowledge in the context of the Logical Investigations, this text uniquely explores its development during the Göttingen years. It is at this time during his work on The Crisis of European Sciences, that Husserl comes to see the a priori as a criterion to interpret the history of philosophy, notably, modern philosophy. This book sheds light upon such concepts as: essence and eidos; ideation, eidetic attitude and eidetic reduction; as well as formal and material, innate and contingent a priori. The author argues that the a priori becomes for Husserl the expression of an ontological form of rationality, i.e., the rationality immanent to being. This book appeals to students and researchers working on Husserl and phenomenology.

The A Priori in Philosophy

Albert Casullo,Joshua C. Thurow
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Author : Albert Casullo,Joshua C. Thurow
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199695331

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The A Priori in Philosophy by Albert Casullo,Joshua C. Thurow Pdf

For centuries philosophers have attached much importance to a priori knowledge, but recent work in epistemology and experimental philosophy has questioned this. Leading philosophers discuss explanations of the a priori, challenges to its existence, the status of intuition, and the justification of belief—topics at the centre of current debate.

Essays on A Priori Knowledge and Justification

Albert Casullo
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Author : Albert Casullo
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199777860

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Essays on A Priori Knowledge and Justification by Albert Casullo Pdf

This book is a collection of essays concerning the concept and existence of a priori knowledge, and the relationship between a priori knowledge and the related concepts of necessary truth and analytic truth.

The Constitutive A Priori

Arthur Sullivan
The Constitutive A Priori Book PDF

Author : Arthur Sullivan
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781498547123

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The Constitutive A Priori by Arthur Sullivan Pdf

The question of the a priori—can an adequate epistemology be developed without appeal to a non-empirical source of justification?—is a core issue running throughout the history of philosophy, and recent decades have seen some provocative and potentially epochal work on the issue. Arthur Sullivan provides a clear-headed evaluation of the upshot of these developments. He argues that the notion of the constitutive a priori provides the best means, all things considered, of accommodating these recent developments into a coherent, compelling view. The constitutive a priori is most commonly known as a position within the philosophy of science, holding that one of Kant’s signature moves provides the means to incorporate unforeseen drastic shocks into existing theory. This book shows that this notion of the constitutive a priori provides not merely a satisfactory epistemological framework, but, further, a compelling way to accommodate and integrate some of the most significant lessons learned in twentieth century philosophy. Its distinctive contribution lies in the case it builds for taking this constitutive a priori orientation as a good means of integrating and consolidating certain epochal insights of Wittgenstein, Carnap, Quine, Kripke, and Kaplan.