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a priori
adj.
(from Latin) "from cause to effect", deductive, valid independently of observation, formed or conceived beforehand
adv.
derived by logic independently of observation
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A priori
A priori is Latin for "from the former" or "from before", and may refer to:
- A priori knowledge is justified by arguments of a certain kind
- A priori (languages), a type of constructed language
- Apriori algorithm, a classic algorithm for learning association rules
- A priori estimate of a solutions of a differential equation
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A priori and a posteriori
The terms a priori ("from the earlier") and a posteriori ("from the later") are used in philosophy (epistemology) to distinguish two types of knowledge, justifications or arguments. A priori knowledge or justification is independent of experience (for example "All bachelors are unmarried"); a posteriori knowledge or justification is dependent on experience or empirical evidence (for example "Some bachelors are very happy"). A posteriori justification makes reference to experience; but the issue concerns how one knows the proposition or claim in question—what justifies or grounds one's belief in it. Galen Strawson wrote that an a priori argument is one in which "you can see that it is true just lying on your couch. You don't have to get up off your couch and go outside and examine the way things are in the physical world. You don't have to do any science." There are many points of view on these two types of assertions, and their relationship is one of the oldest problems in modern philosophy.
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a priori
Adjective
1. involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact; "an a priori judgment"
(antonym) a posteriori
(see-also) analytic, analytical
2. based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment
(similar) theoretical, theoretic
Adverb
1. derived by logic, without observed facts
(antonym) a posteriori
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a priori
a priori, from cause to effect, deductive, valid independently of observation, formed or conceived beforehand
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a priori
nm.
apriorism, apriority
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