The entry for "a priori" is a little misleading. When it's used in common speech, it's not generally in reference to its literal latin meaning, but instead to its common use in logic to mean "by definition".
The entry for "a priori" is a little misleading. When it's used in common speech, it's not generally in reference to its literal latin meaning, but instead to its common use in logic to mean "by definition".
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