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1 online resource (272 pages) |
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Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Contemporary Divide -- 2 The Kantian Background -- 3 Synopsis -- Part I: What Is A Priori Knowledge? -- 1. The Leading Proposals -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Two Taxonomies -- 1.3 Nonepistemic Analyses -- 1.4 Nonepistemic Conditions -- 1.5 Strength and Defeasibility Conditions -- 1.6 Source Conditions -- 1.7 Conclusion -- 2. Two Conceptions of A Priori Justification -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Two Competing Demands -- 2.3 General Epistemology -- 2.4 The Supporting Intuitions -- 2.5 The Case for (AP1) |
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2.6 Objections to (AP1)2.7 A Third Conception of A Priori Justification -- 2.8 Conclusion -- 3. Fallible A Priori Justification -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Two Senses of Infallibility -- 3.3 Three Senses of Fallible A Priori Justification -- 3.4 P-fallibility and A Priori Justification -- 3.5 Two Inconsistent Accounts -- 3.6 Conclusion -- Part II: Is There A Priori Knowledge? -- 4. The Supporting Arguments -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Conceptual Arguments -- 4.3 Criterial Arguments: Necessity -- 4.4 Criterial Arguments: Irrefutability |
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4.5 Criterial Arguments: Certainty4.6 Deficiency Arguments -- 4.7 Coherentist Radical Empiricism -- 4.8 Foundationalist Radical Empiricism -- 4.9 Conclusion -- 5. The Opposing Arguments -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Conceptual Arguments -- 5.3 Radical Empiricist Accounts -- 5.4 Incompatibility Arguments -- 5.5 Philosophical Naturalism -- 5.6 Scientific Naturalism -- 5.7 Conclusion -- 6. Toward a Resolution -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Concept of Experience -- 6.3 A Priori Justification -- 6.4 Objections Considered -- 6.5 Conclusion |
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Part III: What Are the Relationships?7. A Priori Knowledge and Necessary Truth -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Kant's Strategy -- 7.3 Kripke's Reaction -- 7.4 Complications -- 7.5 Kant Revisited -- 7.6 Rationalism -- 7.7 The Contingent A Priori -- 7.8 Conclusion -- 8. A Priori Knowledge and Analytic Truth -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Kant's Assumptions -- 8.3 Three Reactions -- 8.4 Rejecting the Synthetic A Priori by Cases -- 8.5 Rejecting the Synthetic A Priori by General Argument -- 8.6 Denying the Cogency of the Distinction -- 8.7 Conclusion |
| Summary |
The topic of a priori knowledge has been central to analytic philosophy for the past two centuries. It was introduced by Kant in his seminal work "Critique of Pure Reason" and vigorously dismissed by Quine in "Two Dogmas of Empiricism", resulting in an epistemological controversy that remains deeply divided to this day. Casullo's book, based on previously published and unpublished work, systematically addresses questions that have, since Kant, formed the core of the debate. One of his central claims is that the concept of a priori has not been well understood and that many of the apparent differences that underlie much of the contemporary debate are a result of these misunderstandings. Casullo's reformulation of this traditional debate is both original and persuasive, and should appeal to a wide range of philosophers who share an interest in epistemology |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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A priori.
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A priori.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1281196584 |
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9781281196583 |
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9780199786190 |
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0199786194 |
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0195115058 |
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9780195115055 |
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