1. A philosophical approach that relies on reasoning and knowledge that is independent of experience; the doctrine that certain knowledge can be derived from reason alone without empirical observation
The mathematician's apriorism led her to discover theorems through pure logic rather than experimentation.
O apriorismo do matemático o levou a descobrir teoremas através da pura lógica, e não da experimentação.
2. In philosophy, the practice of making judgments or developing theories based on preconceived ideas rather than empirical evidence
Critics argued that his apriorism prevented him from considering contradictory empirical data.
Os críticos argumentaram que seu apriorismo o impediu de considerar dados empíricos contraditórios.