the a priori is the basic characteristic ofkant's theory of knowledge. formaliz/ng the a priori, kant appears to distinguish the a priorifrom the postriori and qffirms its purity. he insists that the a priori is prior to the a postriori and stqys independent!jfrom it. the overall objectiue of this paper is, boueier; to present and to support this idea that the a priori, even prior, can be ...