New Essays on the a Priori

by Paul Boghossian and Timothy Artin Ward

Book Overview

A stellar line-up of leading philosophers from around the world offer new treatments of a topic which has long been central to philosophical debate, and in which there has recently been a surge of interest. The a priori is the category of knowledge that is supposed to be independent of experience. The contributors offer a variety of approaches to the a priori and examine its role in different areas of philosophical inquiry. The editors' introduction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199241279
• ISBN13: 9780199241279
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"