from effect to cause, inductive, based upon reasoning from observed facts
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A posteriori Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
From what comes after. Inductive reasoning based on observation, as opposed to deductive, or a priori
a way of gaining knowledge by appealing to some particular experience(s). This method is used to establish empirical and hypothetical truths. (Cf. a priori.)
A posteriori Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.
Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. Abouta posteriori
\a` pos*te`ri*o"ri\ (&?;). [l. a (ab) + posterior latter.]
1. (logic) characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. this is the reverse of a priori reasoning.
2. (philos.) applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical. [
Adjective
1. involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principals or from effects to causes; "a posteriori demonstration"
(antonym) a priori
(see-also) inductive
2. requiring evidence for validation or support
(similar) empirical, empiric
Adverb
1. derived from observed facts
(antonym) a priori
A posteriori Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
an approach where a theoretical framework is developed from the investigation/ research (after it has been conducted).
Copyright © 2001, Ray WrightA posteriori Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A Posteriori is a 2006 music album created by the musical project Enigma. It is Enigma's sixth album. In December 2006, the album was nominated in the Best New Age Album category in the 2007 Grammy Awards.
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The terms a priori ("from the earlier") and a posteriori ("from the later") are used in philosophy (epistemology) to distinguish two types of knowledge, justifications or arguments. A priori knowledge or justification is independent of experience (for example "All bachelors are unmarried"); a posteriori knowledge or justification is dependent on experience or empirical evidence (for example "Some bachelors are very happy"). A posteriori justification makes reference to experience; but the issue concerns how one knows the proposition or claim in question—what justifies or grounds one's belief in it. Galen Strawson wrote that an a priori argument is one in which "you can see that it is true just lying on your couch. You don't have to get up off your couch and go outside and examine the way things are in the physical world. You don't have to do any science." There are many points of view on these two types of assertions, and their relationship is one of the oldest problems in modern philosophy.
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Abduction is a form of logical inference that goes from data description of something to a hypothesis that accounts for the data. The term was first introduced by the American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914) as "guessing". Peirce said that to abduce a hypothetical explanation 
from an observed surprising circumstance 
is to surmise that may be true because then would be a matter of course. Thus, to abduce from involves determining that is sufficient (or nearly sufficient), but not necessary, for .
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A posteriori Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
Latin term that means "from the most recent point of view."Relates to knowledge gained through actual experience or observation, ratherthan through logical conclusions. Compare A priori.
