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A Priori
/ˌɑ pɹiˈoɹi/
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What does A Priori mean?
adjective
- Self-evident, intuitively obvious.
- Presumed without analysis.
- Based on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.
adverb
- In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɑ pɹiˈoɹi/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/ˌæ pɹiˈoɹi//ˌeɪ pɹiˈoɹi//ˌeɪ pɹaɪˈoɹaɪ/
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But now concepts are to be founded on nature and not on any system of categories too confidently deduced a priori.
They were bringing order out of disorder, having a small grain of experience mingled in a confused heap of a priori notions.
More book examples (3)
Hence he inferred the far more doubtful proposition that nothing could be known a priori about the connexion of cause and effect.
The interest of the discussion is that it shows clearly our a priori ignorance of the conditions of life suitable to any organism.
How often have we depended upon our understanding and our “correct” a priori method of inference, where that was only experience,--and such poor experience!