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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the foundationalist account of a priori knowledge. This paper integrates a view of a number of philosophers and theorists in demonstrating the progression of knowledge. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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of A Priori Knowledge Research Compiled by 10/2001 Please The concept of a priori
knowledge has been incorporated into the philosophical viewpoints of many different philosophers. Rene Descartes, for example, considered the notion of a priori knowledge, and questioned the way in which
knowledge defines mans being in the world. Immanuel Kant also outlined the concept, relating a priori knowledge to some of the central tenets of his categorical imperative. But
prior to the development of these theories, philosophers like Peter Ramus theorized about the concept of mans knowledge, mans a priori knowledge, and the concept of universality. The
foundationalist perspective is based on the belief that there is a complete, universal or ultimate knowledge that exists for every situation. Ramus and other foundationalist have argued this viewpoint
to varied degrees; while Ramus believed this foundationalist perspective supported complete, pre-existing truth on a scientific basis only, other theorists have considered the progression of human knowledge within the scope
of a linear movement, suggesting the a priori knowledge that exists is cumulative (Edwards). In understanding these perspectives, then, it is necessary to consider the assessment of foundationalism as
it applies to the view of a priori knowledge and also consider the writings of philosophers like Kant and Descartes as they serve to either challenge or support the foundationalist
perspective. Haack, for example, attempted to determine the correlation between the theoretical viewpoints in foundationalism and the assertions of a priori knowledge. Central to this is the
need to determine whether a priori knowledge exists or if, instead, there, is an adaptive or progressive process that determines the foundations for the dissemination of information. Haack states
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