Ontology, understanding, and the a priori

Ernest Sosa

doi:10.1111/1467-9329.00214

Ontology, understanding, and the a priori

Ernest Sosa

School of Arts and Sciences, Philosophy

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How might one explain the reliability of one's a priori beliefs? What if anything is implied about the ontology of a certain realm of knowledge by the possibility of explaining one's reliability about that realm? Very little, or so it is argued here.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	178-188
Number of pages	11
Journal	Ratio
Volume	16
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9329.00214
State	Published - 2003

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