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| Author(s): |
Rafael Albiero Vieira
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas |
| Defense date: | 2019-09-30 |
| Examining board members: |
Marco Ruffino;
Emiliano Boccardi;
Pedro Merlussi
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| Advisor: | Marco Ruffino |
| Abstract | |
The contingent a priori phenomenon emerged with Kripke, when he pointed out that we are able to know, in specific cases, contingent a priori sentences. After this idea was incorporated into the tradition, some philosophers perceived a great relation between the kripkean examples and the indexical terms. Gareth Evans, for example, argued that such a relation would reveal that kripkean cases would be only superficial and thus not problematic. However, a consequence of Evans¿ theory is that much of our knowledge involving indexicals becomes trivial. Within this debate, the purpose of this text is to explore the contingent a priori, the contingency categories by Evans, and the main consequences of this debate (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/25914-3 - Indexicality in cases of the contingent a priori |
| Grantee: | Rafael Albiero Vieira |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |