noun
- the quality or state of being known or knowable independently of experience; the condition of being a priori.
Usage: philosophy; formal
Examples
- The apriority of mathematical truths means they can be understood through reason alone.
- Philosophers debate whether the apriority of certain logical principles is absolute.
- Kant argued for the apriority of space and time as forms of human intuition.
- The apriority of ethical principles remains a central question in moral philosophy.