a priori

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"Whether ultra-processed foods contribute to our currently rising rates of non-communicable disease requires direct testing in analytic studies designed a priori to do so," said Charles H. Hennekens, M.D.,

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024

"I am not a priori against", he said.

From Reuters • Nov. 28, 2023

Among people who have good immune health, can I predict a priori that they will do as well during an infection?

From Scientific American • Jun. 21, 2023

One way to think of a priori knowledge is that it is logically prior to experience, which does not necessarily mean that it is always prior in time to experience.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

There are no a priori grounds for thinking that this is a good way to conduct intellectual life.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton