Empiricism is a theory of knowledge that emphasizes the role of experience, especially sensory perception, in the formation of ideas, while discounting a priori reasoning, intuition, or revelation.

It would be foolish to rule out the last possibility a priori.

A priori, the following principles would appear to be applicable to Protocol V

There is no a priori reason why an H has to go between that W and A.

Yet it is not clear a priori why democracy and free enterprise should be mutually supportive.

Quantity impact measures can a priori provide precise information about the impact of an NTB on trade.

This also shows that crises in globalization do not a priori balance out, but perhaps get progressively worse.

Both entities are at present self financing and therefore, a priori they have no cost implications for the Member States.

A priori Consider the proposition, If George V reigned for at least four days, then he reigned for more than three days.

He was elected to the Dodici Buonomini in 1499 and to the Signoria in 1512, where he was confirmed as a Priori in 1524.

The use of NPS in early orbits in situations in which it could prove convenient to use them should not, a priori, be renounced.

These actions are usually not known explicitly a priori, instead the robot can, at best, receive a value indicating the success or failure of a given action taken.

In such a situation, while it may enhance the competitiveness of the firm as such, it is difficult a priori to determine the impact on the home economy.

Still other legal scholars (Anzilotti, Scelle) reject as stemming from an a priori system the notion that war as such could be a cause for the termination of treaties.

It is the idea that scientists, in attempting to uncover truths about the natural world, must aspire to eliminate personal biases, a priori commitments, emotional involvement, etc.

Typically, earmarked contributions are subject to criteria that are determined a priori, reducing the ability of recipients to reallocate the resources to evolving international or national priorities.

The view was also expressed that, when defining criteria for exceptions to the exhaustion of local remedies rule, available remedies should not a priori be called into question.

As such, the RCF (2002 2005) has been a bold experiment aimed at influencing and altering the policies and priorities for development in the region while eschewing a priori ownership and buy in.

Challenges in Knowledge Sharing Knowledge sharing can sometimes constitute a major challenge in the field of knowledge management.

I have not excluded men a priori in this exercise, but none occurred to me, and in any case the EU establishment has too many middle aged white men as it is.

Knowledge like this informs, supports and provides a context for symbolic, conscious knowledge.

It should not a priori exclude internal armed conflicts, but should cover most of the situations in which armed violence was likely to affect the operation of treaties or interrupt treaty relations between States.

However, even if the work of the Special Committee involved no costs, Israel would oppose the one sided and contentious mandate of a body the very name of which established, a priori, the conclusions of its purported investigation.

The Alaska Native Knowledge Network is developing a school curriculum based on aboriginal knowledge.

The specific knowledge gained by a child through these interactions also represented the shared knowledge of a culture.

Its nine members, the Priori , were chosen from the ranks of the guilds of the city six of them from the major guilds, and two from the minor guilds.

The case of Spain illustrates another feature of European economies that makes it difficult to argue for a federal unemployment scheme. Spanish unemployment is now close to 30 , which a priori should be a good justification for some form of shock absorber.

Moreover, in the event of a decision to expand the Security Council in both categories, we believe that the right of the veto should not be granted a priori before the list of new permanent Security Council members is determined.

Bilal is a person of knowledge.

While some RTAs in part mirror the GATS (e.g. domestic regulation or recognition issues), others go beyond it (e.g. a priori transparency, GATS plus) or fall short of it (e.g. excluding the local level from the coverage).

A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.

Over 85 of Canadians have working knowledge of English while only 30.1 have a working knowledge of French.

A people without knowledge is a people without strength.

A goal for Knowledge building communities is to have individuals and organizations actively working to provide a reciprocal advance of their knowledge.

Traditional knowledge There is a clear lack of connection between traditional knowledge and scientific understanding of the same phenomena.

Mary made a cake without her mother's knowledge.

However, these high levels of knowledge of the existence of AIDS do not correspond to a knowledge adjusted to the knowledge of the means of transmission and prevention of this illness.

Knowledge transfer in landscape ecology By knowledge transfer in landscape ecology, means a group of activities that increase the understanding of landscape ecology with the goal of encouraging application of this knowledge.

In the main, it was suggested that the concept of hierarchy in international law should be approached and discussed by the Study Group from the point of view of hierarchy of norms and obligations, without a priori excluding other possible concepts of hierarchy.

Indeed, innovation is simply a subset of scientific knowledge.

But a knowledge economy cannot operate with muzzled minds.

The advance of knowledge is often a mixed blessing.

Nay ! if you had known with a certain knowledge ,

Nay ! if you had known with a certain knowledge ,

For Pascal, scientific knowledge paled beside the knowledge of God.