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The a priori in philosophy / edited by Albert Casullo and Joshua C. Thurow.

Other author/creatorCasullo, Albert.
Other author/creatorThurow, Joshua C.
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoOxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Descriptionviii, 315 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
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Subject(s)
Contents Philosophical naturalism and intuitional methodology / Alvin I. Goldman -- Experimental philosophy and apriority / Jonathan Jenkins Ichikawa -- The implicit conception and intuition theory of the a priori, with implications for experimental philosophy / Joshua C. Thurow -- The prospects for an experimentalist rationalism, or why it's OK if the a priori is only 99.44 percent emprically pure / Jonathan M. Weinberg -- On the armchair justification of conceptually grounded necessary truths / David Henderson and Terry Horgan -- Concepts, teleology, and rational revision / Christopher S. Hill -- A priori testimony revisited / Anna-Sara Malmgren -- Intuitions and foundations : the relevance of Moore and Wittgenstein / Ernest Sosa -- Skepticism, reason, and Reidianism / Joel Pust -- A priori bootstrapping / Ralph Wedgwood -- Articulating the a priori-a posteriori distinction / Albert Casullo -- Naturalistic challenges to the a priori / C.S.I. Jenkins -- How deep is the distinction between a priori and a posteriori knowledge? / Timothy Williamson.
Summary 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013388918
ISBN0199695334 (cloth)
ISBN9780199695331 (cloth)

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