"a posteriori"
Definition:
- Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.
- Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.
Web Definitions for a posteriori
- Posterior to and dependent on sensory or introspective experience. See a priori.
classes.colgate.edu/pgregory/phil341/..%5Cglossary.html - (L), (reasoning) from observed facts to general conclusions
www.willdurant.com/glossary.htm - The opposite of ‘A PRIORI’. A posteriori knowledge can be established only by experience (usually: sense-experience) or reasoning from ...
www.abdn.ac.uk/philosophy/guide/glossary.shtml - A posteriori knowledge is knowledge that comes after experience or observation of the physical world. The term a posteriori means “from what comes later” and, thus, refers to knowledge that comes as a result of physical experience. ...
www.theologicalstudies.citymax.com/page/page/4378925.htm - A type of knowledge, gained by induction. That is to say, that this knowledge is gained from experience (a posteriori literally means after experience). ...
www.elliotcross.com/glossary.html - a Latin phrase translated as "after the fact", refers to empirical knowledge, the epistemological concept of deriving knowledge from ...
www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/A-Posteriori-(album) - knowledge is knowledge that is known by experience (that is, it is empirical).
www.americola.com/sites/Epistemology - Subsequent to and depending upon sense experience. Knowledge of matters of fact depends upon experience. For examplem the knowledge that the type on this page is black is a posteriori since it arises only from some experience of this page.
dbanach.com/course/mod/glossary/view.php - from the latter - An a posteriori conclusion can only be drawn after an analysis of the facts. See also a posteriori
patentability-pending.com/glossary - (a-pos-TEER-e-or-e; Lat., "following after") Reasoning from observed facts to conclusions; inductive; empirical.
www.li.suu.edu/library/humtxt/glossary/glossary.htm - involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes; "a posteriori demonstration"
- requiring evidence for validation or support
- derived from observed facts
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn - A Posteriori is the title of the musical project Enigma's sixth studio album, released in September 2006. In December 2006, the album was nominated in the Best New Age Album category in the 2007 Grammy Awards.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A Posteriori - Involving deduction of theories from facts; In a manner that deduces theories from facts
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