A PRIORI VS, POSTERIOR x先天VS.后天 x This is an epistemological distinction 这是一个认识论的区分 s This pair is concerned with how do you know something empirical inquiries, you know it as an a prior'22 s If you know something without appealing to a truth. Conversely, you know it as a posterior truthA PRIORI VS. POSTERIOR  先天 VS. 后天  This is an epistemological distinction  这是一个认识论的区分  This pair is concerned with how do you know something.  If you know something without appealing to any empirical inquiries, you know it as an a priori truth. Conversely, you know it as a posterior truth