Meanings
nounapriority (countable and uncountable, plural apriorities)
plural apriorities · alternative aprioricity
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe quality or state of being known a priori.
The apriority is, however, not to be merely as a result of the fixing of the meaning of the term, such as when I dub my cat ‘Cat’ and then claim to know a priori that my cat is called ‘Cat’.
2008 April 5, Ásta Sveinsdóttir, “Essentiality conferred”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, →DOI
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 先驗性 /先验性
- 先驗性 /先验性 (xiānyànxìng)the quality or state of being known a priori
Finnish apriorisuus
- apriorisuusthe quality or state of being known a priori
Polish aprioryczność
- apriorycznośćthe quality or state of being known a priori
Portuguese aprioridade
- aprioridadethe quality or state of being known a priori
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