What do A Priori / A Posteriori mean? | Philosophy Glossary

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  • @zebulon220
    @zebulon220 2 роки тому +7

    This is something that is so needed. Thanks for this series.

  • @DarrenMcStravick
    @DarrenMcStravick 2 роки тому +2

    Hell yeah, been waiting to see some epistemology vids from you! Keeping my fingers crossed for some epistemology of modality vids! 🤞🏻🤞🏻

  • @joshseo2058
    @joshseo2058 5 місяців тому

    from its Latin root I was assuming it'd pronounce like 'ah-pree-oree' and was shocked it is acutally 'ae-prai-orai' Has it changed the way people pronounce it over time or it's been 'ae-prai-orai' from the beginning, just like the word prior?

  • @anlace3447
    @anlace3447 2 роки тому +1

    how do you define "knowledge" but, and isn't there a distinction (particularly in Kant) between "cognition" and "knowledge" ?

    • @AtticPhilosophy
      @AtticPhilosophy  2 роки тому +2

      Knowledge probably can’t be defined exactly, but roughly, it is true belief that isn’t true by chance or luck, but because the belief is connected to the relevant facts in the right way. Yes, cognition is different, it’s a process, not a state.

    • @laurentius.dominus
      @laurentius.dominus Рік тому

      Me resulta bastante arbitraria la diferencia que ponen entre el inglés _knowledge_ y el inglés _congnition._ Ambos significan igual. Conocer es tan solo un acto segundo por el que alguien se hace presente algo de una cosa. Por eso, propiamente, no puede decirse que ninguna cognición proviene de los sentidos.

  • @miladka1484
    @miladka1484 Рік тому

    what does modulo in language philosophy terminology means?

    • @AtticPhilosophy
      @AtticPhilosophy  Рік тому

      It’s not special philosophical terminology, but comes from the precise mathematical use: eg 2 numbers can be considered congruent modulo some divisor.

  • @Duck-wc9de
    @Duck-wc9de 2 роки тому +1

    In portuguese, we use this words very often.
    _A priori_ is something that comes "before", something that we can assume, expect to already be there or as a base to start a thougth line
    _a posteriori_ we use it as something that comes "after", something that the thing we are talking about will impact in the future or as a consequense.

    • @AtticPhilosophy
      @AtticPhilosophy  2 роки тому +1

      Yes, I'd add that these terms are about *knowledge*, so knowledge which you can gain before experience.

  • @jack2409
    @jack2409 Рік тому

    Thank you this helped me immensely

  • @mickh2023
    @mickh2023 2 роки тому +1

    Hi Prof Jago. Thank you for the upcoming series. I've just thought about this question recently. In propositional logic, can two atomic propositions have the exact same meaning? My intuition say 'yeah', just like in first-order logic, two variables can denote the same exact thing. But I'm not sure... Do you know if the word 'formal system' means the exact same thing as the word 'logical system'?

    • @AtticPhilosophy
      @AtticPhilosophy  2 роки тому +1

      In propositional logic, we consider all possible assignments of Ts and Fs to the ps and qs. So for any pair p,q,, one may be true whilst the other false (under some valuation). So they don't mean the same thing.

    • @mickh2023
      @mickh2023 2 роки тому

      @@AtticPhilosophy ah I see. Thank you.

  • @ericbrelsford9309
    @ericbrelsford9309 3 місяці тому

    Music is distracting. It's like having music over the PA while in class or a band playing in the next classroom while the teach is speaking. Some people might like that. I pose you could get more views by having a music/no music option.

    • @AtticPhilosophy
      @AtticPhilosophy  3 місяці тому

      There’s no music in recent videos - have a look there.