A priori trascendental y a priori convencional. El intrincado camino de lo a priori de Kant a Putnam

Kant on the "A priori" Toward an Interpretation

De Re A Priori Knowledge

Suppose a sentence of the following form is true in a certain context: ‘Necessarily, whenever one believes that the F is uniquely F if anything is, and x is the F, one believes that x is uniquely F if anything is’. I argue that almost always, in such a case, the sentences that result when both occurrences of ‘believes’ are replaced with ‘has justification to believe’, ‘knows’, or ‘knows a prior...

kant on the "a priori" toward an interpretation

the a priori is the basic characteristic ofkant's theory of knowledge. formaliz/ng the a priori, kant appears to distinguish the a priorifrom the postriori and qffirms its purity. he insists that the a priori is prior to the a postriori and stqys independent!jfrom it. the overall objectiue of this paper is, boueier; to present and to support this idea that the a priori, even prior, can be ...

Analyse a priori de l'impact du changement des processus métiers

The permanent evolution of information systems is essential for the companies to better fulfill the requirements of their different stakeholders. This necessitates the new changes to be adapted in the existing data, application and process models. In this context, business processes play a critical role in the definition and management of information systems. These must be equipped with a mecha...

The Contingent a Priori and de re Knowledge

In this paper I discuss some objections raised by Donnellan (1977) and by Soames (2005) against the examples of contingent a priori truths proposed by Kripke (1980) and by Kaplan (1989). According to Kaplan and Kripke, the mechanism of direct reference alone can guarantee that some contingent truths can be known without any relevant experience. Both Donnellan and Soames claim that the examples ...