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apriori

Adverb

Meaning

apriori (not comparable)

Alternative form of a priori

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Kant saw rationalist philosophers as aiming for a kind of metaphysical knowledge he defined as the synthetic apriori —that is knowledge that does not come from the senses (it is a priori ) but is nonetheless about reality (synthetic). Source: Internet

The only synthetic apriori knowledge we can have is of how our minds organise the data of the senses; that organising framework is space and time, which for Kant have no mind-independent existence, but nonetheless operate uniformly in all humans. Source: Internet

Inasmuch as it is about reality, it differs from abstract mathematical propositions (which he terms analytical apriori), and being apriori it is distinct from empirical, scientific knowledge (which he terms synthetic aposteriori). Source: Internet

The apriori method uses common generic elements which are identified in advance. Source: Internet

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