Ideas from 'A Priori Knowledge' by Albert Casullo [2002], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Oxford Handbook of Epistemology' (ed/tr Moser, Paul K.) [OUP 2002,978-0-19-530170-0]].

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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity
Maybe modal sentences cannot be true or false
10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary
If the necessary is a priori, so is the contingent, because the same evidence is involved
12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 1. Nature of the A Priori
Epistemic a priori conditions concern either the source, defeasibility or strength
The main claim of defenders of the a priori is that some justifications are non-experiential
12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 4. A Priori as Necessities
Analysis of the a priori by necessity or analyticity addresses the proposition, not the justification
13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / c. Defeasibility
'Overriding' defeaters rule it out, and 'undermining' defeaters weaken in