Return of the a priori (Canadian journal of philosophy)

This volume contains ten new essays on a priori knowledge by authors from Canada, the United States, Australia, & Europe. Topics addressed include the nature, explanation, & indispensability of a priori knowledge, its connection with analytic truth, its place in mathematics, in logic, & in empirical theory, & the contribution of Kant & Quine to these topics. The focus is on twentieth-century contributions to these issues, but most essays also address earlier discussions at some length, & the essays that focus on Kant also relate his views to more recent discussions. Introduction : Return Of The A Priori / Philip Hanson And Bruce Hunter -- A Rationalist Manifesto / Laurence Bonjour -- Analyticity, Undeniability, And Truth / James Van Cleve -- Analyticity And The A Priori / Albert Casullo -- The Doubtful A Priori / John Bigelow -- Some Remarks On Indiscernibility / Ali Kazmi -- The Constitutive A Priori / Graciela De Pierris -- Kant's A Priori Methods Of Recognizing Necessary Truths / J.a. Brook -- Epr As A Priori Science / James Robert Brown -- Gaps, Gluts, And Paradox / A.d. Irvine -- An Essay On Material Necessity / Barry Smith. Edited By Philip Hanson And Bruce Hunter. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.