a posteriori
adverb
formaluk/ˌeɪ pɒsˌter.iˈɔː.raɪ/us/ˌeɪ pɑːˌstɪr.iˈɔː.raɪ/in a way that isbasedonknownfactsor on what has beenseentohappen:
Thisassumptionwill beverifieda posteriori.
The onlyfeasibleway to do this is tostudytheevolutionof thesystema posteriori.
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a priori
- If thepredictionprovesincorrecta posteriori, then thenaturallawclaimedapriorialsolosesallfoundation.
- Theproofof thesuccessofsocialschemesoften comes a posterioriratherthan apriori.
- We willverifya posteriori what is the mostsignificantcontributorto thiseffect.
Logic and reason
- a fortiori
- a priori
- analytic
- antinomy
- cerebrally
- incoherently
- inductive
- inductively
- intellectual
- intellectualism
- non-theoretical
- non-verbal
- nonscientific
- paradox
- paradoxical
- teleology
- theoretical
- theoretically
- theory
- thinking
a posteriori
adjective
formaluk/ˌeɪ pɒsˌter.iˈɔː.raɪ/us/ˌeɪ pɑːˌstɪr.iˈɔː.raɪ/basedonknownfactsor on what has beenseentohappen:
Thisresultgives an a posteriorijustificationof themethodused.
Thisargumentis an a posterioriargument.
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a priori
- Without this a posterioriknowledge, there would be no goodreasonto make thisinference.
- Knowledge that is not aprioriis called "a posteriori" or "empirical".
- Withclimatechange, we have an a posterioriversusaprioriargumentbeingplayedout in themedia.
Logic and reason
- a fortiori
- a priori
- analytic
- antinomy
- cerebrally
- incoherently
- inductive
- inductively
- intellectual
- intellectualism
- non-theoretical
- non-verbal
- nonscientific
- paradox
- paradoxical
- teleology
- theoretical
- theoretically
- theory
- thinking