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Detailed explanation-1: -a priori knowledge, in Western philosophy since the time of Immanuel Kant, knowledge that is acquired independently of any particular experience, as opposed to a posteriori knowledge, which is derived from experience.

Detailed explanation-2: -A priori knowledge is knowledge that is justified independently of experience. Logically necessary truths are examples of a posteriori knowledge. “Tadpoles become frogs” is an example of a posteriori knowledge. The skeptic believes that if it is possible to doubt a belief, then that belief cannont constitute knowledge.

Detailed explanation-3: -An a priori concept is one that can be acquired independently of experience, which may – but need not – involve its being innate, while the acquisition of an a posteriori concept requires experience.

Detailed explanation-4: -A priori knowledge refers to knowledge that is justified independently of experience, i.e., knowledge that does not depend on experiential evidence or warrant. In contrast, a posteriori knowledge is justified by means of experience, and depends therefore on experiential evidence or warrant.

Detailed explanation-5: -Kant said that a priori knowledge is “knowledge that is absolutely independent of all experience” (Kant 1787 [1965: 43(B3)]).