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Daniel Nolan ANU, Metaphysics

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Friday, September 19, 2014
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Daniel Nolan ANU, Metaphysics

"The A Posteriori Armchair"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 properly seen as a posteriori.

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