Abstract
This chapter takes up a suggestion Robert M. Adams makes in his book on Leibniz, that the original notion apriority continues to enjoy currency in the 17th and 18th centuries. On this notion of apriority, to know something a priori is to know it from its grounds. It suggests, in particular, that Kant works with this now archaic conception of the a priori, and that recognizing this point sheds light on the nature of Kant's project in the Critique of Pure Reason.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Metaphysics and the Good |
Subtitle of host publication | Themes from the Philosophy of Robert Merrihew Adams |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191715396 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780199542680 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1 2010 |
Keywords
- A priori
- Apriority
- Kant
- Pure reason
- Robert M. Adams
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities