Debating the a priori

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Debating the a priori

Statement of responsibility

Paul Boghossian and Timothy Williamson

Creator

• Boghossian, Paul A., (Paul Artin), 1957-

Contributor

• Williamson, Timothy

Author

• Williamson, Timothy

Subject

• Inference
• Intuition
• A priori
• Knowledge, Theory of
• Comprehension

Language

eng

Summary

This text records a series of philosophical exchanges between its authors, amounting to a debate extended over more than 15 years. Its subject matter is the nature and scope of reason. A central case at issue is basic logical knowledge, and the justification for basic deductive inferences, but the arguments range far more widely, at stake the distinctions between analytic and synthetic, and between a priori and a posteriori. The discussion naturally involves problems about the conditions for linguistic understanding and competence, and what it might be to grasp a concept or to have an intuition. Since reason is central to philosophical method, there are associated implications for how philosophy itself works, or should work. In particular, the discussion raises fundamental concerns about how to approach epistemology.--

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Target audience

specialized