The Problems with Double-Indexing Accounts of the A Priori

Inspired by two-dimensional modal logic, some have sought to provide analyses of the notion of the contingent a priori which identify the a priori with truths which have a necessary diagonal. I argue that these analyses fail insofar as they miss the crucial epistemic aspect of the a priori. Augmenti...

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Published in:Philosophical studies 2004-03, Vol.118 (1/2), p.67-81
Main Author: Michael, Michaelis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
A posteriori knowledge
A priori knowledge
Analyticity
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Empiricism
Epistemological particularism
Epistemology
Logic
Metaphysics
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Relativity
Semantics
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Truth
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Summary:Inspired by two-dimensional modal logic, some have sought to provide analyses of the notion of the contingent a priori which identify the a priori with truths which have a necessary diagonal. I argue that these analyses fail insofar as they miss the crucial epistemic aspect of the a priori. Augmenting these analyses with specifically epistemic accounts might be possible, but the interest would then reside in these epistemic accounts of the a priori and not in the formal models.
ISSN:0031-8116
1573-0883
DOI:10.1023/b:phil.0000019543.81077.d2