Organon F
Volume 32, August 2025, Issue 3, Pages 348–354
ISSN 2585-7150 (online)
Research Article
A Quandary for the Naturalist
Howard Sankey
The paper raises a quandary for the naturalist friend of truth who rejects the a priori outright. The quandary is that instances of the T-scheme are analytic, hence knowable a priori. The naturalist must either renounce their friendship with truth or soften their stance on the a priori. The paper recommends the latter option.
Analytic; a priori; naturalism; truth.
Author
Howard Sankey
Affiliation
University of Melbourne
Address
School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
Received
11 July 2024
Revised
1 December 2024
Accepted
6 April 2025
Publishers
Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences
APA
Sankey, H. (2025). A Quandary for the Naturalist. Organon F, 32(3), 348–354. https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2025.32304
Chicago
Sankey, Howard. 2025. "A Quandary for the Naturalist." Organon F 32 (3): 348–354. https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2025.32304
Harvard
Sankey, H. (2025). A Quandary for the Naturalist. Organon F, 32(3), pp. 348–354. https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2025.32304
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