Il problema della conoscenza a priori nei Philosophical Papers di Hilary Putnam

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nei Philosophical Papers di Hilary Putnam

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RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA NEO-SCOLASTICA

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Il problema della conoscenza a priori nei Philosophical Papers di Hilary Putnam

The Problem of A Priori Knowledge in Hilary Putnam’s Philosophical Papers

Author

Antonio Lizzadri

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Vita e Pensiero

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07-2023

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10.26350/001050_000356

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0035-6247 (print) | 1827-7926 (digital)

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This paper presents an interpretation of the early thought of Putnam about a priori knowledge, after Quine’s Two Dogmas of Empiricism. While Quine’s rejection of the distinction between analytic and synthetic statements and his epistemological holism involved the denial of a priori knowledge, this paper will show how, according to Putnam, they are coherent, underlining the epistemological value of pragmatic and extra-theoretical warrented assertibility criteria in the justification of empirical and formal scientific theories. Reminding C.I. Lewis «pragmatic conception of a priori», this paper will define Putnam’s theory as a «pragmatic-trascendental» theory of a priori knowledge, because it reveals within scientific practices «quasi-a priori principles», which are necessary conditions, in order to conceive reality and pragmatic experience. Moreover, this paper will suggest that Putnam’s claim about «quasi-empirical methods» seems to renew also the idea of synthetic a priori in a pragmatic way and so in connection with realism.