What are 'A priori & A posteriori?' - Gentleman Thinker

What are the ways in which you can get knowledge? Here are the main 2 philosophers use!

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[f.b.jeffersn]

Love having learnt this in less than a minute...

[jackfrost]

After looking back at this video again, I have found a way to memorize the two: a POSTeriori is referring to things after the experience, or POST-experience. I think I have that right, I hope it helps others as well.

[jackfrost]

Been trying to figure this out for the past 6 weeks in my philosophy class, if I pass, it is certainly because of this Yt channel; thank you kind and educated gentlemen.

[tawneys]

These short videos are so useful, thank you!

[schutsheer_des_vaderlands]

0:13 To be fair, the American pronunciation is closer to the original Latin. So I guess this time we got to give it to them

[Yassinius]

A priori: rationalism
A posteriori: empiricism

[DHNCRN]

0:38 I'm pretty sure there was a good pun opportunity missed when you were going on about having a "peek" in the fridge for the elephant and the top (peak) of Mount Everest.

[habojspade]

That is a much better explanation than I had ever run across.

[maliciousbloke]

So "a posteriori" doesn't mean "from the backside" then? 

#somewhatdisappointed

[martentrudeau]

Thank you for such a clear explanation of A priori & A posteriori.

[Tyboii]

This video explained it so easily and quickly! Thank you!

[nyx]

I love your sense of humour. And you teach me stuff. Thanks. I got philosophy examen on friday. Wish me luck.

[dylgreco]

with ur logic vid in the present u got me going to vids from the past thanks philosophy daddy

[mothman]

I thought the pronunciation @0:05 was an unhappy product of American English where, when in doubt, they tend to pronounce every new "i" they meet as the /ai/ in "my" rather than as the /i/ in "ship" or the longer /i:/ in "sheep, " with horrible results whenever they tackle foreign words, and with particularly gut-wrenching consequences in Latin and Neo-Latin languages, where "i" is always either /i/ or /i:/ but never /ai/. Anyway, the pronunciation @0:13, whatever you label it, is the most correct one, and it is _much_ preferable, assuming one's goal is to hit the mark with the original Latin.

[CosmoShidan]

Great! This video may come in handy when I show it to friends! Thanks for posting Olly.

[ifiwasinLA]

I’m tearful as heck right now because I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure this out. Descartes was difficult too. Wish I’d seen this channel before. But I definitely subscribed because I have a D so far in my Philosophy class and need some serious help or they’re kicking me out of college. I’m eight credits away from graduating.

I thought pursuing a degree at 53 years old was a good idea.. this class was a struggle.

I enjoyed learning but it was a harsh blow seeing at midterm I have a D.

Any specific will be appreciated. If this thread isn’t too old thank you

[godspeedhustler]

that was short and sweet, this deserves a sub.

[somewony]

Note that in mathematics (which consists entirely of a priori knowledge) "a priori" is used to mean "before we /know/ otherwise i.e. before we've proven if it is true or not.

[apostalote]

Equivocating 3+3=6 with ' all bachelor are unmarried' amounts to the claim that a priori claims are trivial. Kant drew a pretty important distinction between a priori claims and claims that are tautologous, essentially, a priori claims must be substantive, they must indicate something about the nature of cogntition

[robinrunaway]

thank u Abigail I've been so confused