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<journal-id>0011-1503</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Crítica (México, D.F.)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Crítica (Méx., D.F.)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0011-1503</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0011-15032025000200157</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2025.1704</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Ruffino on the Contingent A Priori]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Ruffino sobre lo contingente a priori]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Salmon]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nathan]]></given-names>
</name>
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<institution><![CDATA[,University of California  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Barbara ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>57</volume>
<numero>170</numero>
<fpage>157</fpage>
<lpage>161</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0011-15032025000200157&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0011-15032025000200157&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0011-15032025000200157&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Summary: This is a rejoinder of sorts to Marco Ruffino&#8217;s critique in his book Contingent A Priori Truths (Springer, Switzerland, 2022) of my own criticism of Saul Kripke&#8217;s case for the contingent a priori. A distinction is drawn between knowledge concerning the meter stick S that its length is such-and-such and knowledge concerning S&#8217;s length that it is such-and-such.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Esta es una especie de réplica a la crítica de Marco Ruffino en su libro Contingent A Priori Truths (Springer, Switzerland, 2022) a mi propia crítica a la defensa de Saul Kripke del a priori contingente. Se establece una distinción entre el conocimiento relativo al metro patrón M de que su longitud es tal y tal y el conocimiento relativo a la longitud de M de que es tal y tal.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[George Berkeley]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[de re knowledge]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Keith Donnellan]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Saul Kripke]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[meter stick]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[George Berkeley]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[conocimiento de re]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Keith Donnellan]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Saul Kripke]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[metro patrón]]></kwd>
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