a priori

A priori knowledge is justified without appeal to experience, the way arithmetic is. A posteriori knowledge depends on experience, the way a claim about the weather does. The pair marks how a claim earns its warrant, not how confident anyone feels about it.

Also written: a posteriori

Read about a priori on Wikipedia

Sources

  1. A Priori Justification and Knowledge Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  2. The Analytic/Synthetic Distinction Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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