This edited collection explores the philosophy of Clarence Irving Lewis through two major concepts that are integral to his conceptual pragmatism: the a priori and the given. The relation between these two elements of knowledge forms the core of Lewisâs masterpiece Mind and the World Order . While Lewisâs conceptual pragmatism is directed against any conception of the a priori as constraining the mind and experience it also emphasizes the inalterability and the unavoidability of the given that remains the same through any interpretation of it by the mind. The chapters in this book probe Lewisâs new account of the relation between the a priori and the given in dialogue with other notable figures in twentieth-century philosophy including Goodman Putnam Quine Russell Sellars and Sheffer. C. I. Lewis: The A Priori and the Given represents a focused treatment of a longneglected figure in twentieth-century American philosophy. . Language: English