| ADJECTIVE | all | a priori | involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect |
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| all | a priori | based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment | |
| ADVERB | all | a priori | derived by logic, without observed facts |
| Meaning | Involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported / supported by fact. | |
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| Example | "an a priori judgment" | |
| See also | analytic, analytical | Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience |
| deductive | Involving inferences from general principles | |
| Opposite | a posteriori | Involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes |
| Spanish | a priori | |
| Meaning | Based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment. | |
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| Broader | theoretical, theoretic | concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations |
| Meaning | derived by logic, without observed facts. | |
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| Opposite | a posteriori | derived from observed facts |
| Spanish | a priori | |
| Catalan | a priori | |
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