apriorism

[ ey-prahy-awr-iz-uh m, -ohr-, ey-pree-, ah-pree- ]

/ ˌeɪ praɪˈɔr ɪz əm, -ˈoʊr-, ˌeɪ pri-, ˌɑ pri- /

belief in, or reliance upon, a priori reasoning, arguments, or principles.

Origin of apriorism

1870–75; probably translation of Dutch apriorisme. See a priori, -ism

a·pri·or·ist, noun a·pri·o·ris·tic

[ey-prahy-uh-ris-tik] /eɪˌpraɪ əˈrɪs tɪk/, adjective a·pri·o·ris·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Apriorism and skepticism define the great difference in the attitude toward the witness.

Criminal Psychology |Hans Gross
Moreover, apriorism has not escaped from the empirical doubt about the future.

Pragmatism |D.L. Murray
But does it follow from the failure of empiricism that apriorism is true?

Pragmatism |D.L. Murray
If a third explanation can be thought of, it will not follow that apriorism is true.

Pragmatism |D.L. Murray

Empiricism has never succeeded in accounting for this apriorism and necessity.

The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life |Emile Durkheim

apriorism

/ (eɪˈpraɪəˌrɪzəm) /

the philosophical doctrine that there may be genuine knowledge independent of experience Compare rationalism (def. 2), sensationalism (def. 3)