Question

a priori Her colleagues rejected the a priori argument because it rested on assumptions they felt weren't necessarily true. ə priori*

Accepted Answer

Relating to or derived by reasoning from self-evident propositions. A priori, Latin for “from the former,” is traditionally contrasted with a posteriori (see above). The term usually describes lines of reasoning or arguments that proceed from the general to the particular, or from causes to effects. Whereas a posteriori knowledge is knowledge based solely on experience or personal observation, a priori knowledge is knowledge that comes from the power of reasoning based on self-evident truths. So, for example, “Every mother has had a child” is an a priori statement, since it shows simple logical reasoning and isn't a statement of fact about a specific case (such as “This woman is the mother of five children”) that the speaker knew about from experience

word	a priori
definition	Relating to or derived by reasoning from self-evident propositions.
eg_sentence	Her colleagues rejected the a priori argument because it rested on assumptions they felt weren't necessarily true.
explanation	A priori, Latin for “from the former,” is traditionally contrasted with a posteriori (see above). The term usually describes lines of reasoning or arguments that proceed from the general to the particular, or from causes to effects. Whereas a posteriori knowledge is knowledge based solely on experience or personal observation, a priori knowledge is knowledge that comes from the power of reasoning based on self-evident truths. So, for example, “Every mother has had a child” is an a priori statement, since it shows simple logical reasoning and isn't a statement of fact about a specific case (such as “This woman is the mother of five children”) that the speaker knew about from experience
IPA	ə priori*

Priori Reasoning Knowledge Self Evident Posteriori Based Experience Mother