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

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.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Boghossian, Paul A. (Paul Artin), 1957-, Peacocke, Christopher
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Paul Boghossian and Christopher Peacocke.
  • Frege on apriority / Tyler Burge.
  • Rationalism, empiricism, and the A Priori / Quassim Cassam.
  • A priori knowledge revisited / Philip Kitcher.
  • Naturalism and the A Priori / Penelope Maddy.
  • Apriority as an evaluative notion / Hartry Field.
  • Stipulation, meaning, and apriority / Paul Horwich.
  • A priori rules: Wittgenstein on the normativity of logic / Peter Railton.
  • Apriority and existence / Stephen Yablo.
  • Knowledge of logic / Paul Boghossian.
  • Explaining the A Priori: the programme of moderate rationalism / Christopher Peacocke.
  • Implicit definition and the A priori / Bob Hale and Crispin Wright.
  • Representation, scepticism, and the A Priori / Frank Jackson.
  • The status of logic / Stewart Shapiro.
  • Transcendental philosophy and A Priori knowledge: a neo-kantian perspective / Michael Friedman.
  • Externalism and armchair knowledge / Martin Davies.
  • Externalism and A Priori knowledge of empirical facts / Bill Brewer.
  • The psychophysical nexus / Thomas Nagel.