The A Priori in Philosophy
Albert Casullo and Joshua C. Thurow
Abstract
The chapters in this volume aim to advance the discussion of the role of the a priori in philosophy by addressing four sets of issues. The first is whether intuitions provide evidence for philosophical theories, whether that evidence is a priori, and whether the results of experimental philosophy affect the evidential or 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 wh ... More
The chapters in this volume aim to advance the discussion of the role of the a priori in philosophy by addressing four sets of issues. The first is whether intuitions provide evidence for philosophical theories, whether that evidence is a priori, and whether the results of experimental philosophy affect the evidential or 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.
Keywords:
a priori,
a posteriori,
concepts,
evidence,
experimental philosophy,
intuition,
methodology,
naturalism,
skepticism
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2013 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199695331 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2013 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199695331.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Albert Casullo, editor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Joshua C. Thurow, editor
University of Texas at San Antonio
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