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Originally posted by Cobra_snake:
Do you seriously think that no evolution scientists hold a priori?
from:
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/apriori.htm
"A priori" is a term used to identify a type of knowledge which is obtained independently of experience. A proposition is known a priori if when judged true or false one does not refer to experience. "A priorism" is a philosophical position maintaining that our minds gain knowledge independently of experience through innate ideas or mental faculties. The term a priori is distinguished from a posteriori, which means knowledge gained through the senses and experience. These are the two most common ways in which philosophers argue that humans acquire knowledge."
So I would say that were your question limited to a priori notions about evolution then no they hold a posteriori notions.....