Semantics, externalism and a priori truths

语义、外在主义和先验真理

• 批准号: DP0345064
• 负责人: Em/Prof John Bigelow
• 金额: $ 3.69万
• 依托单位: Monash University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2003-01-01 至 2005-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0345064
• 关键词: Semantics; externalism; priori; truths

This project aims to discover more about the logical roots of a priori knowledge. Pure mathematicians and logicians discover truths which are not justified by inference from observations; philosophers traditionally have aspired to do likewise. Yet little is understood about what makes a priori knowledge possible. There is a growing branch of logic which studies what is known as "double indexing" and this promises to throw light on the a priori. Australian philosophers have played a very salient role in the study of double indexing, and this project is well placed to make significant contributions in this area.

这个项目旨在发现更多关于先验知识的逻辑根源。纯粹数学家和逻辑学家发现了不能从观察中推断出来的真理；传统上，哲学家们也渴望这样做。然而，对于是什么使先验知识成为可能，人们知之甚少。有一个不断发展的逻辑分支，研究所谓的“双索引”，这有望揭示先验。澳大利亚哲学家在双标引的研究中发挥了非常突出的作用，本项目将在这一领域做出重要贡献。