Paul Boghossian - New Essays on the A Priori

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 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 on 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 skeptical of the notion itself, some proposing that it receive a nonfactualist treatment, and others proposing novel ways of explicating and defending it. The editors' Introduction provides a helpful route into the issues.

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2000

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New essays on the a priori / edited by Paul Boghossian and Christopher Peacocke
p. cm.
Includes biographical references and index.
1. A priori. I. Boghossian, Paul Artin. II. Peacocke, Christopher.
BD181.3.N49 2000 1213dc21 00-057421
ISBN 0-19-924126-0
ISBN 0-19-924127-9 (pbk.)