The goal of my dissertation is to give an account of our capacity for a priori knowledge in terms of fundamental features of conceptual thought. In a nutshell, the claim is that a priori knowledge is possible because thinkers are able to recognize the norms that their thinking is subject to. But, as I argue, the contents of our propositional attitudes are themselves individuated in terms of the norms that fix their place in our thinking. Since contents — Fregean thoughts — are what may be the case, it follows that knowledge of the norms of thinking can be substantive knowledge of the possible shapes reality can take.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PITT/oai:PITTETD:etd-05102008-122145 |
| Date | 03 November 2008 |
| Creators | Valaris, Markos |
| Contributors | Michael Thompson, John McDowell, Sebastian Rödl, Cian Dorr |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh |
| Source Sets | University of Pittsburgh |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-05102008-122145/ |
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