
Cover -- Debating The A Priori -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Publisher's Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Analyticity Reconsidered -- 1 -- Belief, Apriority, And Indeterminacy -- Analyticity: Metaphysical Or Epistemological? -- The Metaphysical Concept -- The Epistemological Concept -- 2 -- 'two Dogmas' And The Rejection Of Frege-analyticity -- Skeptical Theses About Analyticity -- Non-factualism About Frege-analyticity -- The Error Thesis About Frege-analyticity -- 3 -- The Analyticity Of Logic -- The Classical View And Implicit Definition Implicit Definition And Non-factualism -- Implicit Definition And Conventionalism -- Quine Against Implicit Definition: Regress -- Quine Against Implicit Definition: Constitutive Truth -- Implicit Definition, Justification, And Entitlement -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Blind Reasoning -- 1. The Question -- 2. Inferential Externalism -- 3. Inferential Internalism -- 4. Rational Insight -- 5. Rational Insight And Carrollian Circularity -- 6. Blind Yet Blameless Inference: Deflationary Options -- 7. Blind Yet Blameless Inference: Concept Constitution 8. Problems For The Meaning-entitlement Connection -- 9. Defective Concepts And Blameless Inference -- 10. Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Understanding And Inference -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Logical Unorthodoxy And Concept Possession -- 3. Pejoratives And Conventional Implicature -- 4. Stipulated Possession Conditions -- 5. Conditional And Unconditional Concepts -- 6. Unique Characterizations And Unique Realizations -- 7. Logical Concepts -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Williamson On The A Priori And The Analytic -- Notes Chapter 5: Reply To Boghossian On The A Priori And The Analytic -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Inferentialism And The Epistemology Of Logic: Reflections On Casalegno And Williamson -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- 6 -- 7 -- 8 -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Boghossian And Casalegno On Understanding And Inference -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Using Logically
This volume investigates the nature of a priori knowledge and its relationship to analyticity through a rigorous debate between two prominent contemporary philosophers. Paul A. Boghossian and Timothy Williamson present competing frameworks regarding how concepts are understood, how logical inferences are justified, and whether the traditional distinction between analytic and synthetic truths remains viable in modern epistemology. The text serves as a structured exchange, utilizing formal philosophical argumentation to challenge established views on implicit definition and inferentialism.
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Experts identify this work as a significant contribution to the ongoing discourse on the foundations of logic and conceptual understanding. Readers frequently note the high level of academic density and the requirement for a strong background in analytic philosophy to fully grasp the nuances of the arguments presented.
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Publication Date:
1900-01-01
ISBN-10:
0191886319
ISBN-13:
9780191886317
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