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epistemology
epistemology [Gr.,=knowledge or science], the branch of philosophy that is directed toward theories of the sources, nature, and limits of knowledge. Since the 17th cent. epistemology has been one of the fundamental themes of philosophers, who were necessarily obliged to coordinate the theory of kno... Read more
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cairn
cairn pile of stones, usually conical in shape, raised as a landmark or a memorial. In prehistoric times it was usually erected over a burial. A barrow is sometimes called a cairn. ... Read more
pinocytosis
pinocytosis A form of endocytosis in which the material enclosed is a liquid and there is no fusion with a lysosome. Pinocytosis may be a means by which macromolecules (e.g. hormones and proteins) are taken into a cell.... Read more
factor
factor in arithmetic, any number that divides a given number evenly, i.e., without any remainder. The factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12. Similarly in algebra, any one of the algebraic expressions multiplied by another to form a product is a factor of that product, e.g., a + b and a - b ar... Read more
Hymen
Hymen or Hymenaeus , in Greek mythology, personification of marriage, represented as a beautiful youth carrying a bridal torch and wearing a veil. ... Read more
integer
integer A whole number, as opposed to a rational or real number. The concept of integer type is used for computer representation of a finite subset of the integers.... Read more
precentor
precentor [Lat.,=one who sings first], the director of the music of a cathedral or a monastic church and also a cantor . ... Read more
fluid
fluid any substance that is able to flow. Of the four states of matter , only a solid is not a fluid, since it has a definite shape that is not readily changed. Any liquid , gas , or plasma is classed as a fluid. ... Read more
grave
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Encyclopedia entries related to "a posteriori"

A Posteriori
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law A POSTERIORI [ Latin, From the effect to the cause. ] A posteriori describes a method of reasoning from given, express observations or experiments to reach and formulate general principles from them. This is also called inductive reasoning.
Evolutionary Epistemology
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion ...products of evolutionary processes reach back to nonhuman ancestors, and in that sense should be viewed as phylogenetically a posteriori. Thus, human cognitive functions are shaped by the environment that is known. Furthermore, human knowledge, including...
Speech Act Theory
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...According to this perspective, what the producer of a given speech act means is something that is conventionally reconstructed a posteriori by the participants and not something that defines a priori what a given speech act will count as. This reflection paves...
Immanuel Kant
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...type of judgment is exactly the reverse. Synthetic propositions expand or amplify our knowledge, but these judgments are a posteriori, or derived from experience. Kant's position is that of the first thinker to posit the problem of pure reason correctly...
Kant, Immanuel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion ...before experience (a priori), and empiricism, where reasoning was undertaken only after one experienced the world (a posteriori). In the Critique of Pure Reason, Kant attempted to forge a new path between both rationalism and empiricism by introducing...
epistemology
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...existence of innate (a priori) ideas together with an acceptance of the values of data and ideas derived from experience (a posteriori). This position was basically that of rationalism . Opposed to it later was empiricism , notably as expounded by John Locke...
Constitutional Courts
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...e.g., through generous standing rules, through the powers of both concrete and abstract review, as well as through a posteriori and a priori review), while being able to limit the docket; and the court ’ s insulation from political pressures...

Dictionary entries related to "a posteriori"

Philosophy and Psychoanalysis
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...infantile sexuality and the Oedipal structure, transference, resistance, and repression. This same content can be grasped a posteriori in fundamental concepts and coordinated in a theory that Freud called "metapsychology." As distinct from biology and psychology...
Tierney, Gene
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Paris), 1 December 1979. Legrand, G., in Positif (Paris), May 1984. Mille, A., "Gene Tierney: star à posteriori," in Positif (Paris), June 1985. Obituary in Variety (New York), 11 November 1991. "Haunted Beauty," in People...
Transgression
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...functioning, especially when they are obscure. Thus it is difficult to date the first appearance of the notion, because only a posteriori can its implicit presence can be discerned in Freud's first writings and in his wish to become an extraordinary hero. As...
Chemistry
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...chemistry were created. The variety of answers to the question of origins points to the multiple identities of chemistry. A posteriori it seems natural to consider chemistry as an autonomous academic science with technological applications in a variety of domains...
Primary Identification
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...of identification — it does not matter exactly when-the perception of the anatomical difference must confirm a posteriori that the only one who matters in this identification is the bearer of the penis, father or phallic mother (whose image...
Chevreul, Michel Eugène
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...philosophy and on scientific method. His ideas on scientific method found their most complete expression in his De la methode a posteriori experimnentale (1870). Chevreul was very regular and methodial throughout his long life. In his later years he continued...

Thesaurus entries related to "a posteriori"

a priori
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...reasoning synonyms : theoretical, deduced, deductive, inferred, postulated, suppositional. antonyms: empirical, a posteriori. • adverb  the results cannot be predicted a priori synonyms : theoretically, deductively, scientifically...

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Isotropic and anisotropic a posteriori error estimation of the mixed finite element method for second order operators in divergence form.
Magazine article from: Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; Abstract. This paper presents an a posteriori residual error estimator for the mixed...and reliable residual anisotropic a posteriori error estimator for the error [[epsilonn...OMEGA])-norm. Anisotropic a posteriori error estimations are highly recommended...
A posteriori information effects on culpability judgments from a cross-cultural perspective.
Magazine article from: The Journal of Social Psychology; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; WITH THE CONCEPT OF A POSTERIORI INFORMATION -- a concept referring...Davis demonstrated the effects of a posteriori information on culpability judgments...on the cognitive mediators of a posteriori information effects (Su et al...
A note on the efficiency of residual-based a-posteriori error estimators for some mixed finite element methods.
Magazine article from: Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...the efficiency of residual-based a-posteriori error estimates for the dual-mixed...a refinement algorithm based on a-posteriori error estimates. These are represented...The first results concerning a-posteriori error analysis of mixed formulations...
Natural kinds: direct reference, realism, and the impossibility of necessary a posteriori truth.
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 12/1/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...discoveries, Kripke calls truths of this sort "necessary a posteriori."(2) The thesis shared by Putnam and Kripke has two premises...these assumptions, their conclusion about the necessary a posteriori truth of natural-kind identity is flawed. Specifically...
New Report Offers the First Self-Contained, Practical Approach to a Priori and a Posteriori Ratemaking in Motor Insurance.
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Comparison of lesion detection and quantification in MAP reconstruction with Gaussian and non-Gaussian priors.(maximum a posteriori)
Magazine article from: International Journal of Biomedical Imaging; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Statistical image reconstruction methods based on maximum a posteriori (MAP) principle have been developed for emission tomography...algorithm dependent. Nuyts and Michel [8] compared maximum a posteriori (MAP) reconstruction with a relative difference prior to...
A low molar ratio of retinol binding protein to transthyretin indicates vitamin A deficiency during inflammation: Studies in rats and a posteriori analysis of vitamin...
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...Ratio of Retinol Binding Protein to Transthyretin Indicates Vitamin A Deficiency during Inflammation: Studies in Rats and A Posteriori Analysis of Vitamin A-Supplemented Children with Measles1-4 Francisco J. Rosales and A. Catharine Ross 5 ABSTRACT To...
music: ENIGMA; A Posteriori (Liberty).(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 10/1/2006; 351 words ; Byline: by Paul Cole, Jack Daniels & David Brookes WHEN Michael Cretu burst on an unsuspecting world with cloister synth hit Sadness Part 1 and topped the chart in January 1991 he was reckoned to be a one-hit wonder. Little did we realise he'd still be mining the same vein 15 years on. The
Assessment of two a posteriori error estimators for elasticity problems.(Technical report)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering; 11/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; 1. Introduction The finite element method is an optimal method for solving elasticity problems appearing in structural mechanics. It is optimal in the sense of minimizing the total potential energy of the system. Over the past decades a considerable amount of work has been done on error estimation
Italian Inventors Develop Noise Reduction for Automatic Speech Recognition
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/19/2008; 651 words ; ...noise; computing an estimate of an a posteriori signal-to-noise ratio as a function...noise ratio and the estimate of the a posteriori signal-to-noise ratio; and computing...estimates of the a priori and the a posteriori signal-to-noise ratios includes...