New Essays on the A Priori

Paul Boghossian (Curatore)

Christopher Peacocke (Curatore)

Oxford University Press, 2000

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.

• Curatore: Paul Boghossian, Christopher Peacocke
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Anno: 2000
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 492 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 688 gr.
• EAN: 9780199241279

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