Dictionary

apriority en · NOUN

Etymology

From a priori + -ty.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The 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:

Forms

Relateds

aprioristic · apriorism · aprioristically

Translations (4)

pl aprioryczność (the quality or state of being known a priori) · cmn 先驗性 /先验性 (the quality or state of being known a priori) · pt aprioridade (the quality or state of being known a priori) · fi apriorisuus (the quality or state of being known a priori)