The A Priori
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"The A Priori" is a philosophical essay that examines knowledge or justification independent of experience, typically focusing on its nature, scope, and role in human understanding.
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| The A Priori canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The A Priori Context triple: [Philosophical Essays, hasPart, The A Priori]
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A.
Logic of Sense
Logic of Sense is a 1969 philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze that explores language, paradox, and the concept of sense through engagements with Stoicism, psychoanalysis, and literature.
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B.
The Philosophy of the Act
The Philosophy of the Act is a posthumously published collection of George Herbert Mead’s writings that develops his pragmatist and social behaviorist account of action, experience, and the emergence of mind.
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C.
The Problem of Knowledge
The Problem of Knowledge is a 1956 philosophical work by A. J. Ayer that critically examines the nature, limits, and justification of human knowledge within the analytic tradition.
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The Problem of Knowledge
The Problem of Knowledge is a major philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that examines the historical development and foundations of human knowledge from the Renaissance to modern science.
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E.
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason is a foundational philosophical treatise by Arthur Schopenhauer that analyzes the different ways in which the principle of sufficient reason structures human knowledge and experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The A Priori Target entity description: "The A Priori" is a philosophical essay that examines knowledge or justification independent of experience, typically focusing on its nature, scope, and role in human understanding.
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A.
Logic of Sense
Logic of Sense is a 1969 philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze that explores language, paradox, and the concept of sense through engagements with Stoicism, psychoanalysis, and literature.
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B.
The Philosophy of the Act
The Philosophy of the Act is a posthumously published collection of George Herbert Mead’s writings that develops his pragmatist and social behaviorist account of action, experience, and the emergence of mind.
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C.
The Problem of Knowledge
The Problem of Knowledge is a 1956 philosophical work by A. J. Ayer that critically examines the nature, limits, and justification of human knowledge within the analytic tradition.
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D.
The Problem of Knowledge
The Problem of Knowledge is a major philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that examines the historical development and foundations of human knowledge from the Renaissance to modern science.
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E.
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason is a foundational philosophical treatise by Arthur Schopenhauer that analyzes the different ways in which the principle of sufficient reason structures human knowledge and experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
epistemological concept
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philosophical concept ⓘ topic in philosophy of knowledge ⓘ |
| associatedWithPosition |
Kantian transcendental philosophy
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empiricism ⓘ rationalism ⓘ |
| centralQuestion |
How is knowledge independent of experience possible?
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What is the relation between a priori and a posteriori knowledge? ⓘ What is the scope of a priori knowledge? ⓘ What is the source of a priori justification? ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | the a posteriori ⓘ |
| discussedBy |
Alvin Plantinga
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David Hume ⓘ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Rene Descartes ⓘ
linked to:
René Descartes
Roderick Chisholm ⓘ Saul Kripke ⓘ W. V. O. Quine ⓘ
linked to:
Willard Van Orman Quine
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| hasAspect |
justification independent of sensory experience
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necessity ⓘ universality ⓘ |
| hasDebate |
whether a priori justification is defeasible
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whether a priori knowledge is based on intuition ⓘ whether a priori truths are analytic ⓘ whether the a priori is historically contingent ⓘ whether there is genuine a priori knowledge ⓘ |
| hasDefinition | knowledge or justification that is independent of experience ⓘ |
| hasRole |
grounds certain forms of logical knowledge
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grounds certain forms of mathematical knowledge ⓘ informs debates about rationalism and empiricism ⓘ informs theories of concept acquisition ⓘ informs theories of modal knowledge ⓘ |
| hasSubcategory |
a priori belief
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a priori justification ⓘ a priori knowledge ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
a posteriori
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analyticity ⓘ conceptual truth ⓘ necessity ⓘ rational insight ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
analytic truths
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logical truths ⓘ mathematical truths ⓘ necessary truths ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
epistemology
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philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
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