单词 | a posteriori |
释义 | a posteriori (once / 48640 pages) adjadv WORD FAMILY a posteriori USAGE EXAMPLESThis truth, an a priori postulate of philosophy, and demonstrated by physiology a posteriori, was illustrated by us in a preceding article. Rameur, E., The Catholic World; Volume I, Issue...(2012) The à posteriori argument can never demonstrate infinity for Deity. Bradlaugh, Charles, Theological Essays(2012) It was to me, I confess, who approached it fresh from the school of Schelling and Hegel, a perfect revelation of à posteriori thinking. Allen, Grant, Strange Stories(2012) 1adj involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes a posteriori demonstration Syn|Ant synthetic, synthetical of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts inductiveof reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion a priori involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact analytic, analyticalof a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience deductiveinvolving inferences from general principles 2adj requiring evidence for validation or support Syn empiric, empirical derived from experiment and observation rather than theory 3adv derived from observed facts Ant a priori derived by logic, without observed facts |
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