The distinction between pure and empirical astronomy is like the distinction between pure and empirical geometry. Pure geometry is a priori; It is independent of empirical data. Empirical Geometry is a posteriori; it is based on empirical data.


Plato Rediscovered: Human Value and Social Order, Chapter 4 (p. 118), Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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The distinction between pure and empirical astronomy is like the distinction between pure and empirical geometry. Pure geometry is a priori; It is...

The distinction between pure and empirical astronomy is like the distinction between pure and empirical geometry. Pure geometry is a priori; It is...

The distinction between pure and empirical astronomy is like the distinction between pure and empirical geometry. Pure geometry is a priori; It is...

The distinction between pure and empirical astronomy is like the distinction between pure and empirical geometry. Pure geometry is a priori; It is...