Definition of Apriority

1. n. The quality of being innate in the mind, or prior to experience; a priori reasoning.

Definition of Apriority

1. Noun. (philosophy) The quality or state of being known ''a priori'' ¹

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Definition of Apriority

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Apriority

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Literary usage of Apriority

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Foundations of Mathematics by Paul Carus (1908)
"All its verdicts are universal and involve apriority or beforehand ... apriority OF DIFFERENT DEGREES. Kant has pointed out the kinship of all purely formal ..."

2. An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry by Bertrand Russell (1897)
"At the same time, it will be worth while to treat briefly of Erdmann's criterion of apriority. On this subject it is very difficult to discover his meaning, ..."

3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1892)
"In other words apriority must be explained by heredity. ... But the philosophical question concerning the apriority of mathematical theorems has nothing ..."

4. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1879)
"Restriction to the possibility of experience does not follow from apriority as apriority ; and neither does Kant advance the claim for apriority as ..."

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