What is another word for priori?

Pronunciation: [pɹa͡ɪˈɔːɹi] (IPA)

"A priori" refers to an idea or assumption made before any experience or investigation. Synonyms of this term include "presupposed," "preconceived," and "preexistent." These words suggest that a belief or idea was established before any observations or knowledge was gained. Other possible synonyms include "prejudged," "assumed," "prearranged," and "pre-planned." Commonly used in philosophy and science, this term is used to describe a hypothetical approach to problem-solving or decision-making based on predetermined concepts rather than tangible evidence. Overall, the term "a priori" is crucial to understanding the fundamental premises behind certain arguments or theories.

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Usage examples for Priori

We see, therefore, both from a priori reasoning, and from observed facts, that it is the Word, Thought, or Desire of the Spirit, that localizes its activity in some definite centre.
"The Law and the Word"
Thomas Troward
On the basis of this linkage data alone we should be obliged to locate lethal 1b at the point at which white itself is situated, namely, 1.1, but on a priori grounds it seems improbable that a lethal mutation has occurred at the same locus as the factor for white eye-color.
"Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila"
Thomas Hunt Morgan Calvin B. Bridges
The "Constitution of 1875," under which, with some modifications, France is still governed, is not a single document constructed a priori, like the Constitution of the United States.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright

Famous quotes with Priori

  • It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.
    Thomas Aquinas
  • In this movement of colors I find the essence, which does not arise from a system, or an a priori theory.
    Robert Delaunay
  • We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.
    Carl Friedrich Gauss
  • Any necessary truth, whether a priori or a posteriori, could not have turned out otherwise.
    Saul Kripke
  • I hold that the mark of a genuine idea is that its possibility can be proved, either a priori by conceiving its cause or reason, or a posteriori when experience teaches us that it is in fact in nature.
    Gottfried Leibniz

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