The Emergence Machine

A Priori

abstract · philosophy · Level 11 · E10

E10Institutions

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

a-priori emerges from reason-phil + knowledge.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “a priori” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “a priori”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
a priori
Origin language
lat

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L2L1L0A PrioriPhilosophyReason PhilKnowledgeReasoningThought… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeProcessActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesRationalismL12A PrioriL11PhilosophyL10Reason PhilL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Philosophy L10 (requires)
    A priori is a philosophical concept.
  • Reason Phil L10 (conceptual)
    A priori knowledge is derived from reason alone, independent of sensory experience or empirical evidence.

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