Summary
This book is not a single work but a compilation of entries from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, including an entry on Edvard Grieg's *Peer Gynt Suites*. The central argument of the *a priori* entry is that human knowledge consists of two complementary spheres: one based on particular observations (*a posteriori*) and one based on laws or causes (*a priori*). The text argues that the controversy between "Intuitionalist" and "Empiricist" schools is largely at cross purposes, as all empirical knowledge contains an intellectual element necessary for correlating data. A reader takes away the distinction that *a priori* judgments are independent of experience and belong to the essence of thought, while *a posteriori* judgments derive from particular observations. The book also includes unrelated entries on topics such as the Flying Dutchman legend and the artist Edwin Austin Abbey.
Key concepts
- A priori — A judgment regarded as independent of experience, belonging to the essence of thought, and proceeding from law or cause to effect.
- A posteriori — A judgment derived from particular observations, proceeding from effect to cause.
- Notiora nobis — The Scholastic term for things known first in human experience (particular facts).
- Notiora naturae — The Scholastic term for things that rank first in the order of nature (self-existent, fundamental truths).
- Synthetic Judgment a priori — Kant's concept of a judgment that is both independent of experience and yet adds new information, not merely analytical.
- Intuitionalist — A philosopher who holds that knowledge is based on *a priori* principles independent of experience.
From the book
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