A Priori: Volume 19

by Edwin Mares

A priori knowledge does not depend on the evidence of experience for its authority. Until recently, the subject was much maligned by epistemologists, who focused attention instead on empirical knowledge and justification. However, in recent years many influential philosophers have advocated that philosophy is an a priori science and their support has sparked renewed interest in the subject. Edwin Mares provides an accessible guide to the central questions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773539417
• ISBN13: 9780773539419
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.7"