Philosophers who advocate a naturalistic approach to epistemology sometimes intend only to reject the high apriorism mandated by the idea of epistemology as first philosophy. |
Herder identifies this sort of misguided apriorism in the definition of genres in many areas of interpretation. |
My intention here is not so much to raise doubts about them, however, nor to question their apriorism. |
In my view, his own methodological framework cannot solve his original problem and it suffers from a slight bias towards apriorism. |
If a third explanation can be thought of, it will not follow that apriorism is true. |
Some neo-positivists cannot forgive him for his anti-positivism, and some empiricists cannot be patient with his apriorism. |