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      Reichenbach and weyl on apriority and mathematical applicability

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      Author
      Berkovski, S.
      Date
      2011
      Source Title
      Synthese
      Print ISSN
      0039-7857
      Volume
      181
      Issue
      1
      Pages
      63 - 77
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      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.
      Keywords
      Convention
      Friedman
      Reichenbach
      Relative a priori
      Weyl
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/21869
      Published Version (Please cite this version)
      http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-009-9591-z
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