The a Priori and Its Role in Philosophy
Author | : Nikola Kompa |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : A priori |
ISBN | : 9783897856622 |
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Author | : Nikola Kompa |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : A priori |
ISBN | : 9783897856622 |
Author | : Albert Casullo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2013-09 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199695334 |
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.
Author | : Albert Casullo |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2013-10-24 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 019166815X |
For much of the past two millennia philosophers have embraced a priori knowledge and have thought that the a priori plays an important role in philosophy itself. Philosophers from Plato to Descartes, Kant to Kripke, all endorse the a priori and engage in a priori reasoning in their philosophical discussions. Recent work in epistemology and experimental philosophy, however, has raised questions about both the existence of a priori knowledge and the centrality of the a priori for philosophy. This collection of essays aims to advance the discussion of the a priori and its role in philosophy by addressing four issues. The first is whether intuitions provide evidence for philosophical propositions, whether that evidence is a priori, and whether the results of experimental philosophy affect the evidential and a priori status of intuitions. The second is whether there are explanations of the a priori and what range of propositions can be justified and known a priori. The third is whether a priori justified beliefs are needed in order to avoid some skeptical worries. The fourth is whether certain recent challenges to the existence or significance of the a priori are successful. The contributors include a mix of young and established philosophers, including some of the most prominent voices in philosophy today.
Author | : Robert Greenberg |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2001-03-28 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0271040475 |
The prevailing interpretation of Kant’s First Critique in Anglo-American philosophy views his theory of a priori knowledge as basically a theory about the possibility of empirical knowledge (or experience), or the a priori conditions for that possibility (the representations of space and time and the categories). Instead, Robert Greenberg argues that Kant is more fundamentally concerned with the possibility of a priori knowledge—the very possibility of the possibility of empirical knowledge in the first place. Greenberg advances four central theses:(1) the Critique is primarily concerned about the possibility, or relation to objects, of a priori, not empirical knowledge, and Kant’s theory of that possibility is defensible; (2) Kant’s transcendental ontology must be distinct from the conditions of the possibility of a priori knowledge; (3) the functions of judgment, in Kant’s discussion of the Table of Judgments, should be seen according to his transcendental logic as having content, not as being just logical forms of judgment making; (4) Kant’s distinction between and connection of ordering relations (Verhaltnisse) and reference relations (Beziehungen) have to be kept in mind to avoid misunderstanding the Critique. At every step of the way Greenberg contrasts his view with the major interpretations of Kant by commentators like Henry Allison, Jonathan Bennett, Paul Guyer, and Peter Strawson. Not only does this new approach to Kant present a strong challenge to these dominant interpretations, but by being more true to Kant’s own intent it holds promise for making better sense out of what have been seen as the First Critique’s discordant themes.
Author | : Michael Shaffer |
Publisher | : Open Court |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2011-03-11 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0812697413 |
This book deals with questions about the nature of a priori knowledge and its relation to empirical knowledge. Until the twentieth century, it was more or less taken for granted that there was such a thing as a priori knowledge, that is, knowledge whose source is in reason and reflection rather than sensory experience. With a few notable exceptions, philosophers believed that mathematics, logic and philosophy were all a priori. Although the seeds of doubt were planted earlier on, by the early twentieth century, philosophers were widely skeptical of the idea that there was any nontrivial existence of a priori knowledge. By the mid to late twentieth century, it became fashionable to doubt the existence of any kind of a priori knowledge at all. Since many think that philosophy is an a priori discipline if it is any kind of discipline at all, the questions about a priori knowledge are fundamental to our understanding of philosophy itself.
Author | : Alfredo Ferrarin |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2016-11-03 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 022641938X |
The goal of the present book is nothing less than to correct what Alfredo Ferrarin calls the standard reading of Kant s. Ferrarin argues that this widespread form of interpretation has failed to do justice to Kant s philosophy primarily because it is rooted in several uncritical and unjustified assumptions. Two are particularly egregious: a compartmentalization of the First Critique, and an isolation of each Critique from the others. Ultimately these two assumptions cause one to lose sight of the fact that the cognitive/epistemological functions laid out in the Transcendental Aesthetic and Analytic are functions of an overarching pure reason of which the constitution of experience (and of a science of nature) is only one problem among others. This book, by contrast, argues that the main problem, which pervades the entire first critique, is the power that reason has to reach beyond itself and legislate over the world. Ferrarin pays close attention to both the Transcendental Dialectic and the Doctrine of Method where Kant lays out his conception of cosmic philosophy as embodied in the ideal philosopher."
Author | : Albert Casullo |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : A priori |
ISBN | : 0195115058 |
The topic of a priori knowledge has been central to analytic philosophy for the past two centuries. Casullo's book, based on previously published and unpublished work, systematically addresses questions that have, since Kant, formed the core of the debate.
Author | : Avery Goldman |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2012-03-02 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 025300540X |
Immanuel Kant is strict about the limits of self-knowledge: our inner sense gives us only appearances, never the reality, of ourselves. Kant may seem to begin his inquiries with an uncritical conception of cognitive limits, but in Kant and the Subject of Critique, Avery Goldman argues that, even for Kant, a reflective act must take place before any judgment occurs. Building on Kant's metaphysics, which uses the soul, the world, and God as regulative principles, Goldman demonstrates how Kant can open doors to reflection, analysis, language, sensibility, and understanding. By establishing a regulative self, Goldman offers a way to bring unity to the subject through Kant's seemingly circular reasoning, allowing for critique and, ultimately, knowledge.
Author | : Mikel Dufrenne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Paul K. Moser |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
This volume provides philosophers and students with important contemporary investigations on a priori knowledge by well-known and influential philosophers, including A. J. Ayer, W. V. Quine, Barry Stroud, and C. I. Lewis.