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A posteriori

adverb
1.
Derived from observed facts.






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"A posteriori" Quotes from Famous Books



... thou pair; a priori this is a likely way of forming a dual. As to the reasons a posteriori they are not to be drawn wholly from the Kowrarega tongue itself. Here the word for two is not pel but quassur. But let us look further. The root p-l, or a modification of it, two in the following dialects; as well as in the Parnkalla and others: pur-laitye, poolette, par-koolo, ...
— Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Vol. 2 (of 2) • John MacGillivray

... believing it by the evidence of their own senses; this, on the supposition that the devotion of the first disciples was intense before the Crucifixion; but if, on the other hand, they were at that time anything but steadfast, as both a priori and a posteriori evidence would seem to indicate, if they were few and wavering, and if what little faith they had was shaken to its foundations and apparently at an end for ever with the death of Christ, it becomes indeed difficult to see how the idea of his return ...
— The Fair Haven • Samuel Butler



Words linked to "A posteriori" :   synthetic, empirical, a priori, inductive, empiric, synthetical



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