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a pri·o·ri
I. \|āprē|ōrē, |ä-, |a-, |ȧ-, -ȯr-, -ri; |āˌprī|ōrˌī, -ȯˌrī, -ōrē, -ȯrē, -ri\ adverb
Etymology: Latin, literally, from the former
1. : by reasoning from definitions formed or principles assumed : deductively
2. : without examination or analysis : presumptively
3. : independently or experience : intuitively
II. adjective
1.
a. : marked by reasoning or by deducing consequences from definitions formed or principles assumed : deductive
< an a priori argument >
< an a priori order of propositions >
b.
(1) : of or relating to something that can be known by reason alone
< a priori geometrical propositions >
(2) : of or relating to reasoning from mere examination of ideas alone : marked by being knowable by reasoning from what is considered self-evident and therefore without appeal to the particular facts of experience
c. : of or relating to something that is presupposed by experience in general : considered as antecedently necessary in order that experience in general should be intelligible — used in Kantianism
d. : true or false by definition or convention alone : analytic
< a priori statements >
e. : arbitrarily or conventionally postulated for formalization or axiomatization — contrasted with a posteriori
2. : without examination or analysis : presumptive
< a priori acceptance of the greatness of a book — Norman Cousins >
III. noun
(plural a prioris)
: something that is a priori; especially : an a priori conception or proposition
< the a priori coextensive with the formal — W.S.Sellars > |