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Single Idea 20477

[from 'A Priori Knowledge' by Albert Casullo, in 12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 1. Nature of the A Priori ]

Full Idea

The leading claim of proponents of the a priori is that sources of justification are of two significantly different types: experiential and nonexperiential. Initially this difference is marked at the phenomenological level.

Gist of Idea

The main claim of defenders of the a priori is that some justifications are non-experiential

Source

Albert Casullo (A Priori Knowledge [2002], 5)

Book Reference

'Oxford Handbook of Epistemology', ed/tr. Moser, Paul K. [OUP 2002], p.135


A Reaction

He cites Plantinga and Bealer for the phenomenological starting point (that some knowledge just seems rationally obvious, certain, and perhaps necessary).