#+title: synthetic a priori

The synthetic /a priori/ is a term coined by [[file:20200913222320-immanuel_kant.org][Kant]] describing a type of [[file:20210522191727-judgment.org][judgment]].
This was his breakthrough thought.

A synthetic /a priori/ judgment is a judgment presupposed by the possibility of
experience. For Kant, for example, causality was a synthetic /a priori/
judgment. If I throw a ball into the air, do I need to have done so to guess
what will happen? Kant would say no, whereas [[file:20200728234350-david_hume.org][David Hume]] would say yes.