A priori ('from the earlier') and a posteriori ('from the later') are Latin phrases used in philosophy to distinguish types of knowledge, justification...
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A Posteriori is the sixth studio album by German musical project Enigma, released on 22 September 2006 by Virgin Records. In December 2006, the album was...
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a posteriori in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A posteriori (Latin, 'from the later') is a term used in philosophy and epistemology. A posteriori may...
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A posteriori necessity is a thesis in metaphysics and the philosophy of language, that some statements of which we must acquire knowledge a posteriori...
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In Bayesian statistics, a maximum a posteriori probability (MAP) estimate is an estimate of an unknown quantity, that equals the mode of the posterior...
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Empirical probability (redirect from A posteriori probability)
phrase a-posteriori probability is also used as an alternative to "empirical probability" or "relative frequency". The use of the phrase "a-posteriori" is...
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Constructed language (redirect from A posteriori language)
if they model real world languages. For example, if a naturalistic conlang is derived a posteriori from another language (real or constructed), it should...
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through a microscope or positrons detected in a cloud chamber, should be regarded as observable. Empirical evidence is essential to a posteriori knowledge...
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Physicalism (redirect from A posteriori physicalism)
according to them, it is knowable a posteriori that PTI and not Q is not metaphysically possible. These a posteriori physicalists endorse some version...
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Posterior probability (redirect from A posteriori distribution)
various point and interval estimates can be derived, such as the maximum a posteriori (MAP) or the highest posterior density interval (HPDI). But while conceptually...
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Analytic–synthetic distinction (redirect from Synthetic a priori)
a priori–a posteriori distinction together yield four types of propositions: analytic a priori synthetic a priori analytic a posteriori synthetic a posteriori...
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Knowledge (section A priori and a posteriori)
since to understand a proposition, one has to be acquainted with its constituents. The distinction between a priori and a posteriori knowledge depends on...
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culminated with Voyageur (2003), its fifth and more pop-based album, and A Posteriori (2006), a work inspired by the future collision between the Milky Way and...
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Retrograde analysis (redirect from A posteriori (chess))
a double step of a pawn, making an en passant capture legal. In this case, the en passant capture is made, then its legality is proved a posteriori;...
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a posteriori state estimate mean at time k given observations up to and including at time k; P k ∣ k {\displaystyle \mathbf {P} _{k\mid k}} , the a posteriori...
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into a hierarchy of algorithms. Often the terms "discrete" and "continuous" are used rather than a posteriori and a priori. In the a posteriori case,...
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asserts that all statements are exclusively either "analytic a priori" or "synthetic a posteriori," which, respectively, are universally true by mere definition...
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Critique of Pure Reason (redirect from A Critique of Pure Reason)
Kant calls "a priori" knowledge, while knowledge obtained through experience is termed "a posteriori". According to Kant, a proposition is a priori if it...
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from abstraction "a posteriori concepts" (meaning concepts that arise out of experience). An empirical or an a posteriori concept is a general representation...
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Epistemology (category Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback via Module:Annotated link)
§ A Priori and a Posteriori Knowledge Baehr, "A Priori and A Posteriori", Lead section Russell 2020, Lead section Baehr, "A Priori and A Posteriori",...
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Enigma covers in 15 Years After A posteriori (Private Lounge Remixes) (2007) – several remixes based on tracks from A posteriori, exclusive to iTunes "Enigma...
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informal fallacy in which one attempts to protect an initial a posteriori claim from a subsequent falsifying counterexample by then covertly modifying...
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Categorical imperative (redirect from Act only on a maxim whereby you can will it should become a universal law)
Introduced in Kant's 1785 Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, it is a way of evaluating motivations for action. It is best known in its original...
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Anatomical terms of location (redirect from Posteriorily)
describe something in its standard anatomical position. This position provides a definition of what is at the front ("anterior"), behind ("posterior") and...
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likelihood or maximum a posteriori estimation (MAP)—and then plugging this estimate into the formula for the distribution of a data point. This has the...
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A posteriori methods aim at producing all the Pareto optimal solutions or a representative subset of the Pareto optimal solutions. Most a posteriori methods...
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fact" for the existence of God. Ananke Modal logic Platonism A priori and a posteriori Brian Leftow, God and Necessity (2012). ISBN 0191654876, 9780191654879...
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proportional to this product: P ( A ∣ B ) ∝ P ( B ∣ A ) P ( A ) {\displaystyle P(A\mid B)\propto P(B\mid A)P(A)} The maximum a posteriori, which is the mode of the...
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Q.E.D. (redirect from Proving a point)
handwriting again." List of Latin abbreviations A priori and a posteriori Bob's your uncle Ipso facto Q.E.A. List of Latin phrases (E) § ergo "Definition...
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Posterior cerebral artery (redirect from Arteriae cerebri posterioris)
The posterior cerebral artery (PCA) is one of a pair of cerebral arteries that supply oxygenated blood to the occipital lobe, part of the back of the...
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