A Priori: Its Significance, Sources, and Extent

About the author

Dylan Dodd held postdoctoral fellowships at Syracuse University, the University of St Andrews, and the University of Aberdeen, and taught philosophy at several institutions in the United States before leaving academia. His research was in epistemology and the philosophy of language, amongst other areas of philosophy.


Elia Zardini completed his undergraduate studies in philosophy, mathematics, and history at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the Technical University of Berlin. He obtained his PhD in philosophy from the University of St Andrews in 2008. Since then, he has held positions at the University of St Andrews, the University of Aberdeen, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the University of Barcelona, and the University of Lisbon. He is currently a Ramón y Cajal Researcher at the Complutense University of Madrid, Chief Research Fellow at the Higher School of Economics, Associate Member of LanCog, and Chief Editor of Disputatio.

Summary

An edited collection that explores the idea and scope of a priori knowledge--knowledge acquired through pure reason rather than through the senses. The chapters cover some of the latest contemporary trends in thinking about the topic.

Product details

• Authors: Dylan Dodd, Elia Zardini
• Assisted by: Dodd Dylan (Editor), Zardini Elia (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 20.03.2025
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works
• EAN: 9780198799030
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879903-0
• Pages: 448
• Subjects: PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: logic, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge