Publisher's Synopsis
Recently, philosophers have revived interest in the traditional topic of the nature of a priori knowledge (knowledge that does not depend on sensory experience). This collection brings together ten of the most important recent essays on the subject. The contributors are C.I. Lewis, A.J. Ayer, W.V. Quine, Barry Stroud, Hilary Putnam, Roderick M. Chisholm, Saul A. Kripke, Albert Casullo, R.G. Swinburne and Philip Kitcher.;The book is intended for first-degree and graduate students of philosophy.