Defending Conventions as Functionally a Priori Knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10704397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David J Stump (0000-0002-0290-7533, University of San Francisco, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1149-1160 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/377396 |
| OpenAlex | W2055928275 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 17 |
Recent defenses of a priori knowledge can be applied to the idea of conventions in science in order to indicate one important sense in which conventionalism is correct—some elements of physical theory have a unique epistemological status as a functionally a priori part of our physical theory. I will argue that the former a priori should be treated as empirical in a very abstract sense, but still conventional. Though actually coming closer to the Quinean position than recent defenses of a priori knowledge, the picture of science developed here is very different from that developed in Quinean holism in that categories of knowledge can be differentiated
A priori and a posteriori · Conventionalism · Economics · Epistemology · Holism · Order (exchange) · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Philosophy, Science, and History
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Hans Reichenbach's and C.I. Lewis's Kantian philosophies of science
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The ways of paradox
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The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes
Henri Poincare and the Quantum Theory
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Was Carnap entirely wrong, after all
The nineteenth-century atomic debates and the dilemma of an ‘indifferent hypothesis’
The A Priori in Physical Theory
Space, Time, and Spacetime
How to Tell When Simpler, More Unified, or Less Ad Hoc Theories will Provide More Accurate Predictions
Empiricism and Sociology
Style' for historians and philosophers
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |