THEORY VS FACT VS A PRIORI This is one of those things that i have to explain ov

THEORY VS FACT VS A PRIORI

This is one of those things that i have to explain over and over again.

1) THEORY: we are capable of only one epistemological method (EM) of describing cause and effect relations:

observation > free association > idea > wayfinding > hypothesis > criticism > theory > public criticism > law > survival in widespread application > incorporation into normative metaphysical value judgements.

2) A FACT: A fact is a special case of the EM, in which we create an hypothesis, theory, and law to describe an OBSERVATION.

3) THE A PRIORI: an apriori is a special case of the EM in which once we discover an hypothesis, we cannot imagine a false condition (I use the incidence of prime numbers as an example of special cases). Almost all non-reductio apriori statements fail unless they also include limits and full accounting. this does not prevent the use of apriori concepts. it limits that which can be deduced from apriori statements to ‘very little’.