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a posteriori
a pos·te·ri·o·ri A0372000 (ä′ pŏ-stîr′ē-ôr′ē, -ôr′ī, ā′)adj.1. Derived by or designating the process of reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes; inductive; empirical.2. a. Justified by appeal to experience.b. Knowable from experience.
[Medieval Latin ā posteriōrī : Latin ā, from + Latin posteriōrī, ablative of posterior, later.]
a′ pos·te′ri·o′ri adv.a posteriori (eɪ pɒsˌtɛrɪˈɔːraɪ; -rɪ; ɑː) adj1. (Logic) relating to or involving inductive reasoning from particular facts or effects to a general principle2. (Logic) derived from or requiring evidence for its validation or support; empirical; open to revision3. (Statistics) statistics See posterior probability[C18: from Latin, literally: from the latter (that is, from effect to cause)]a pos•te•ri•o•ri (ˌeɪ pɒˌstɪər iˈɔr aɪ, -ˈoʊr aɪ, -ˈɔr i, -ˈoʊr i)
adj. 1. from particular instances to a general principle or law; based on observation or experiment. Compare a priori (def. 1). 2. not existing in the mind prior to or apart from experience. [1615–25; < Latin: literally, from the one behind] a posteriorithe process of reasoning from effect to cause, based upon observation.See also: LogicThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | a posteriori - involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes; "a posteriori demonstration"synthetical, synthetic - of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts; "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"inductive - of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion; "inductive reasoning"a priori - involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact; "an a priori judgment" | | 2. | a posteriori - requiring evidence for validation or supportempirical, empiric - derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known" | | Adv. | 1. | a posteriori - derived from observed factsa priori - derived by logic, without observed facts |
Translationsa posteriori
a posteriori Logic1. relating to or involving inductive reasoning from particular facts or effects to a general principle 2. derived from or requiring evidence for its validation or support; empirical; open to revision a posteriori see A PRIORI AND A POSTERIORI.A Posteriori knowledge acquired through experience. This method of acquiring knowledge was already being examined in antiquity by Aristotle, Plato, and Boethius and in the Middle Ages by Averroës (ibn Rushd), Avicenna (ibn Sina), Albert von Bollstädt, Thomas Aquinas, and others. The analysis of cognition a posteriori occupied an important place in the system of I. Kant, who proposed that the special laws of science can be recognized only a posteriori but that the general principles of cognition are independent of any experience—that is, a priori. A Posteriori
A Posteriori[Latin, From the effect to the cause.] A posteriori describes a method of reasoning from given, express observations or experiments to reach and formulate general principles from them. This is also called inductive reasoning. a posteriori
Antonyms for a posterioriadj involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causesRelated Words- synthetical
- synthetic
- inductive
Antonymsadj requiring evidence for validation or supportRelated Wordsadv derived from observed factsAntonyms |