The a posteriori armchair
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A lot of good philosophy is done in the armchair, but is nevertheless a posteriori. This paper clarifies and then defends that claim. Among the a posteriori activities done in the armchair are assembling and evaluating commonplaces; formulating theoretical alternatives; and integrating well-known past a posteriori discoveries. The activity that receives the most discussion, however, is the application of theoretical virtues to choose philosophical theories: The paper argues that much of this is...[Show more]
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Date published: | 2015 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/69849 |
Source: | Australasian Journal of Philosophy |
DOI: | 10.1080/00048402.2014.961165 |
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