What Place for the a Priori?
Author | : Michael J. Shaffer |
Publisher | : Open Court Publishing |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2011 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780812696608 |
ISBN-13 | : 0812696603 |
Rating | : 4/5 (603 Downloads) |
Download or read book What Place for the a Priori? written by Michael J. Shaffer and published by Open Court Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A priori knowledge is alleged to be knowledge whose justification requires no appeal to experience. The issue of whether or not there is a priori knowledge so defined has been a central topic of debate in philosophy since its very beginning. Plato and Aristotle differed on this matter in antiquity, and so did the rationalists and empiricists in early modernity. The issue remains a bone of contention to this day.