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Sherif Salem

Simon Fraser University
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    Can We Be Skeptical About A Priori Knowledge?
    In this paper, we present a dialectical argument for a priori skepticism (i.e. the thesis that we can be skeptical about a priori knowledge). Then, we propose a framework that combines elements from inferential contextualism and logical conventionalism to offer a weak transcendental argument against a priori skepticism.
    Logic and Philosophy of Logic, General WorksOntological Conventionalism and RelativismEpistemic Cont…Read more
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    On the Concept of Truth
    Philosophical Inquiry 43 (3-4): 47-59. 2019.
    We show in this paper how three continental philosophers (Husserl, Heidegger, and Derrida respectively) respond negatively to the analytic correspondence theory of truth using different notions developed by them (i.e. the notion of Intentionality by Husserl, the notion of Dasein by Heidegger, and the notion of Trace by Derrida). We show that despite the fact that the three philosophers are united against the analytic correspondence theory of truth, there are still deep differences between them w…Read more
    Husserl: Truth
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    Introduction to the special issue: Skepticism, relativism, pluralism
    with Veli Mitova and Robert McIntyre
    Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy. forthcoming.
    The precise and proper territorial boundaries of skepticism, relativism, and pluralism have been perennial topics of debate in philosophy. Very few philosophers endorse these positions in an unqual...