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- Are you confused by academic jargon? - Do you know your `discourse' from your `dialectic'? - Can you tell the difference between `anomie' and `alienation'? The Social Science Jargon Buster tackles the most confusing concepts in the social sciences, brea
A Posteriori/A Priori
A Posteriori/A Priori
Core definition
A posteriori – knowledge based on facts derived from personal and societal experience. A priori – knowledge that comes before the facts.
Longer explanation
These terms refer to the basis on which any proposition might be known. A posteriori propositions are pretty straightforward since we tend to be comfortable with knowledge based ...
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