Central terms in EPISTEMOLOGY,
contrasting two kinds of knowledge according to the way the human mind
apprehends it, with and without recourse to experience. A priori knowledge is
prior to, and independent of, observation or experiment; a posteriory knowledge
comes only after direct experience.
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Showing posts with label A WORLD OF IDEAS - a dictionary of important Theories. Show all posts
A priori / a posteriori
Central terms in EPISTEMOLOGY,
contrasting two kinds of knowledge according to the way the human mind
apprehends it, with and without recourse to experience. A priori knowledge is
prior to, and independent of, observation or experiment; a posteriory knowledge
comes only after direct experience.
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