Transcendental Apriori

From Geography

At first the term transcendental a priori will be divided into two terms, transcendental and priori. Transcendental is a term that combines three different types of meaning. The first type of meaning is that one in the physical world, the second one in the subjective world and the third one in the social world.

Concerning the content of the meaning of transcendental Immanuel Kant have had an importance influence. He gives the following description: ‘all the knowledge that does not concern with the objects itself, but instead with our knowledge about these objects, I refer to as transcendental.’ A priori is a form of knowledge or justification that is independent of experience. For example the knowledge that one that is married is not a bachelor. If you know that person A is married you do not to have to go out and experience or analyze anything to be able to conclude that person A is not a bachelor.

It is a sort of ‘inner-experience’. The opposite of a priori is a posteriori, a so called ‘outer-experience’.

References:

Martin,D. Kant’s trancendental idealism Consulted: 17 October 2010 http://www.london-oratory.org/philosophy/philosophies/epistemology/trancendental/body_trancendental.html

Glen Friesen, J. Linked Glossary of Terms, 2009 Consulted: 19 October 2010 http://www.members.shaw.ca/jgfriesen/Definitions/apriori.html

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