240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

In recent years many influential philosophers have advocated that philosophy is an a priori science. Yet very few epistemology textbooks discuss a priori knowledge at any length, focusing instead on empirical knowledge and empirical justification. As a priori knowledge has moved centre stage, the literature remains either too technical or too out of date to make up a reasonable component of an... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Necessity and Certainty 3. Rationalism and Self-Evidence 4. Nativism 5. Analyticity 6. Radical Empiricism 7. Kantianism 8. Aristotelianism 9. Moral Knowledge 10. Logical Knowledge 11. Mathematical Knowledge 12. Modality 13. Scorecard

Biography

Edwin Mares is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His books include Realism and Anti-Realism (2007).