Toward a theory of the pragmatic a priori

from Carnap to Lewis and beyond

Thomas Mormann

pp. 113-132

in: Richard Creath (ed), Rudolf Carnap and the legacy of logical empiricism, Berlin, Springer, 2012

Abstract

The notion of the a priori is an important legacy of Kant for modern philosophy of science. In the course of the 20^th century, a variety of proposals was put forward all of which claimed to overcome the inadequacies of Kant's original proposal of a synthetic a priori for modern science.

Cited authors

Kant Immanuel

Carnap Rudolf