In Defense of Pure Reason

Laurence BonJour, Jonathan Dancy (Contribution by), John Haldane (Contribution by), Gilbert Harman (Contribution by), Frank Jackson (Contribution by), William G. Lucan (Contribution by), Ernest Sosa (Contribution by)

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Author
Laurence BonJour, Jonathan Dancy (Contribution by), John Haldane (Contribution by), Gilbert Harman (Contribution by), Frank Jackson (Contribution by), William G. Lucan (Contribution by), Ernest Sosa (Contribution by)
Publish Date
1997-11-28
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
Cambridge University Press
Subtitle
A Rationalist Account of a Priori Justification
Number of Pages
232
Edition
1
ISBN-10
0521597455
ISBN-13
9780521597456
SKU
9780521597456

Description

This book is concerned with the alleged capacity of the human mind to arrive at beliefs and knowledge about the world on the basis of pure reason without any dependence on sensory experience. Most recent philosophers reject the view and argue that all substantive knowledge must be sensory in origin. Laurence BonJour provocatively reopens the debate by presenting the most comprehensive exposition and defense of the rationalist view that a priori insight is a genuine basis for knowledge.