Philosophical Knowledge: Its Possibility and Scope

by Christian Beyer (Editor), Alex Burri (Editor)

The former "Queen of Science"seems to be lacking both a specific subject and a particular method. Thus the need arises for intra-and metaphilosophical orientation especially since the way philosophy sees itself stems from various influential schools and traditions whose mutual exchange is not as lively as one might have hoped. This volume of original essays brings together some of the protagonists of different metaphilosophical debates that have so far been led fairly independently of each other. The authors discuss the question of both the possibility and the scope of philosophical knowledge under a variety of aspects, (1) a priori knowledge and the role of intuitions, (2) transcendental arguments, (3) analytic philosophy and its methods as well as (4) phenomenology and analytic philosophy. Table of Contents*** Preface*** Alvin I. Philosophical Their Target, Their Source, and Their Epistemic Status*** Hilary Naturalism and Intuitions*** Ernest Their Nature and Epistemic Efficacy*** Thomas The Nature of Rational Intuitions and a Fresh Look at the Explanationist Objection*** Timothy Philosophical Knowledge and Knowledge of Counterfactuals*** Quassim The Possibility of Knowledge*** Robert Transcendental A Plea for Modesty*** Alex A Priori Existence*** Elke Self-Referential Arguments in Philosophy*** Michael Metaphysics of Science between Metaphysics and Science*** Hans-Johann Could Anything Be Wrong with Analytic Philosophy?*** Frank On not Forgetting the Epistemology of Names*** Marcus Contextualism about Knowledge and Justification by Default*** Dagfinn FØ Existence, Inexpressibility and Philosophical Knowledge*** Christian Contextualism and the Background of (Philosophical) Justification

316 pages, Paperback

First published June 29, 2007