A Priori

ISBN-13: 9781844652853 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 229 str.

Edwin Mares

Opis

Over the years many influential philosophers have advocated that philosophy is an a priori science. This book offers students the standard topics and debates within a priori knowledge, including necessity and certainty, rationalism, empiricism and analyticity, Quine's attack on the a priori, Kantianism, Aristotelianism, and more.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Necessity and Certainty 3. Rationalism and Self-Evidence 4. Nativism 5. Analyticity 6. Radical Empiricism 7. Kantianism 8. Aristotelianism 9. Moral Knowledge 10. Logical Knowledge 11. Mathematical Knowledge 12. Modality 13. Scorecard

O autorze

Edwin Mares is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His books include Realism and Anti-Realism (2007).