ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD A PRIORI
From Latin, literally: from the previous (that is, from cause to effect).
4 QUOTES WITH «A PRIORI»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
a priori.
In this movement of colors I find the essence, which does not arise from a system, or an a priori theory.
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.
Any necessary truth, whether a priori or a posteriori, could not have turned out otherwise.
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.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «A PRIORI»
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a priori in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
a priori and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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New Essays on the
A Priori
These newly commissioned essays, by a distinguished, international group of philosophers, is likely to have a substantial influence on later work in this area.
Paul Boghossian, Christopher Peacocke, 2000
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In Defense of Pure Reason:
A Rationalist Account of
A Priori ...
A comprehensive defence of the rationalist view that insight independent of experience is a genuine basis for knowledge.
3
The
A Priori in Philosophy
For centuries philosophers have attached much importance to a priori knowledge, but recent work in epistemology and experimental philosophy has questioned this.
Albert Casullo, Joshua C. Thurow, 2013
Including an introduction by the editor and an extensive bibliography, this book provides philosophers and students with an in-depth look at contemporary investigations into the nature of a priori knowledge.
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What Place for the
A Priori?
This book deals with questions about the nature of a priori knowledge and its relation to empirical knowledge.
Michael Shaffer, Michael L. Veber, 2013
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A Priori Knowledge: Toward
a Phenomenological Explanation
The book sets out to analyze the notion of a priori justification and of a priori knowledge.
By freeing the a priori from traditional assumptions about the nature of knowledge and justification, he offers a novel approach to resolving these issues which assigns a prominent role to empirical evidence.
Albert Casullo Professor of Philosophy University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 2003
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Ethics and the
A Priori: Selected Essays on Moral Psychology ...
This long awaited collection comprises some of the most influential of Smith's essays.
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Essays on
A Priori Knowledge and Justification: Essays
Provides an important historical record of the development of investigations into the a priori during a critical period in which it emerged from being a rather arcane topic in the epistemological literature to occupying a central role.
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The Notion of the
A Priori
Originally published in 1966, this pivotal work of Mikel Dufrenne revises Kant’s notion of a priori, a concept previously given insufficient attention by philosophers, to realize a rich understanding that finally does justice to one of ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «A PRIORI»
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a priori is used in the context of the following news items.
Our Greek referendum offers catastrophe or absolute catastrophe …
Tsipras has not revealed his intentions and does not appear willing to play ball with Greece's creditors, renouncing a priori that the European ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
A hilarious Monty Python sketch helps explain why Greece is in a …
"Hegel is arguing that the reality is merely an a priori adjunct of non-naturalistic ethics. Kant via the categorical imperative is holding that ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
On race and unity – Umar Zulk
Prior to reading this, some of you have probably (and I am not declaring this to be a universal truth) come to the a priori assumption that I am ... «The Malaysian Insider, Jul 15»
The Functionality Assessment Flowchart (FAF): a new simple and …
In the present study, we decided a priori to use the functional well being scale (FWB) (range: 0–28), the fatigue subscale (FS) (range: 0–52) and ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
Primary care characteristics and stage of cancer at diagnosis using …
We had no a priori knowledge of this causal pathway and using the conceptual model decided not to mutually adjust for characteristics or ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
Novel Score Predicts Recurrence of Liver Cancer
Speaking to Medscape Medical News, Dr Dienstmann explained that it may be possible to a priori "define a population based on liver profiling, ... «Medscape, Jul 15»
Antidepressants Worsen Rapid Cycling in Bipolar Depression
... and despite concurrent mood stabilizer treatment, a priori analysis of rapid cycling status predicted more depressive episode criteria in those ... «Mad In America, Jul 15»
Dollar in the driver's seat as focus turns to the eco data
A priori, one would assume that uncertainty on Greece is intrinsically negative for the euro. However, recent price action shows that risk-off ... «FXStreet, Jul 15»
Guidelines for private agents in transactions subject to merger …
Therefore, clauses that result in the early integration of the parties' activities are considered a priori illicit, including: previous non-competition ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
The Confederate battleflag comes in waves, with a history that is still …
This directly cuts across North American definitions of the flag as an a priori Afrophobic symbol. Civil war re-enactments are popular all over the ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
