Phenomenological Reviews

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235962

Reichenbach and Weyl on apriority and mathematical applicability

Sandy Berkovski

pp. 63-77

Abstract

I examine Reichenbach’s theory of relative a priori and Michael Friedman’s interpretation of it. I argue that Reichenbach’s view remains at bottom conventionalist and that one issue which separates Reichenbach’s account from Kant’s apriorism is the problem of mathematical applicability. I then discuss Hermann Weyl’s theory of blank forms which in many ways runs parallel to the theory of relative a priori. I argue that it is capable of dealing with the problem of applicability, but with a cost.

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Published in:

Irzik Gürol, Sober Elliott (2011) Hans Reichenbach, Istanbul, and experience and prediction. Synthese 181 (1).

Pages: 63-77

DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9591-z

Full citation:

Berkovski Sandy (2011) „Reichenbach and Weyl on apriority and mathematical applicability“. Synthese 181 (1), 63–77.