aprioricity
aprioricity is the alternative form of apriority.
Meaning of apriority
Noun
apriority (countable and uncountable, plural apriorities)
- 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
Origin of aprioricity
From apriori + -icity.
Questions about aprioricity
- What is aprioricity the alternative form of?
- Aprioricity is the alternative form of apriority.
Words near aprioricity in the dictionary
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