Cassirer's Invariance Concept of Aprioricity

Authors

  • Andrej Ule

Keywords:

Cassirer, kant, a priori, analytic- synthetic, invariance, mathematics, holism

Abstract

I analyze Cassirer's conceptions of aprioricity, especially of synthetic a priori principles in exact sciences. I discuss his 'Marburg' period, primarily his paper on Kant and modern mathematics. Cassirer defends the thesis on invariance principles as the modern variant of a priori synthetic principles. I analyze his arguments on the existence of a priori principles in science and compare his concept of aprioricity with holistic accounts of theories, the 'semantic approach to theories', and structural realism.

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Published

2016-03-05

How to Cite

Ule, A. (2016). Cassirer’s Invariance Concept of Aprioricity. Filozofski Vestnik, 27(3). Retrieved from https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/filozofski-vestnik/article/view/4376