What is the meaning of the word "a priori"?
Definitions:
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derived by logic, without observed facts
adverb
- Religious people have the a priori belief that God exists without any physical proof.
- Religious people have the a priori belief that God exists without any physical proof.
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involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect adjective
- A priori knowledge helps us understand the world around us.
- A priori knowledge helps us understand the world around us.
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Relating to or derived by reasoning from self-evident propositions. adjective
- a priori knowledge is knowledge that is known independently of experience. for example, the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts is an a priori knowledge.
- a priori knowledge is knowledge that is known independently of experience. for example, the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts is an a priori knowledge.