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[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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Of course, given that the legitimating source in
question is a product of my imagination, the verb "to trace"
is a misnomer for "constructing" a link between electoral
rules and their source a posteriori. Volume One of the Levin CD contains, after the Sonata, Three
Tone-Pictures (1910-15), graceful landscape evocations with the kind of
titles Griffes would affix a posteriori, to make the music more salable. Gestures a posteriori designated as
comedy--John Baldessari singing Sol LeWitt phrases, for example, or
Richard Prince putting a bar joke in quotes--are not gutturally so,
while Lois (a recurring character in Dodge and Kahn's work) is
immediately, heart-stabbingly funny, her monologues as hilarious as
early Saturday Night Live. |
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