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Nolan, Daniel

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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]

dc.contributor.authorNolan, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:35:24Z
dc.identifier.issn0004-8402
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/69849
dc.description.abstractA 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 properly seen as a posteriori.
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.sourceAustralasian Journal of Philosophy
dc.titleThe a posteriori armchair
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume93
dc.date.issued2015
local.identifier.absfor220300 - PHILOSOPHY
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB2140
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationNolan, Daniel, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage211
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage231
local.identifier.doi10.1080/00048402.2014.961165
dc.date.updated2015-12-10T11:41:25Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84929172840
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