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The term 'a priori', when used in reference to knowledge, is, primarily, the idea that awareness, (or consciousness, or sentience), as such, includes a knowledge of things which transcend contingent experience.

The term 'a priori' (Latin, "''from what is prior, before''", "''from the beginning''"), when used in reference to knowledge, is, primarily, the idea that awareness, (or consciousness, or sentience), as such, includes a knowledge of things which transcend contingent experience, or more generally in reference to alleged "[[fact]]s" or "[[Truth (logic)|truth]]" already implicitly assumed to be true without need for verification ("everyone knows, ''a priori'', that this is so"—"assuming ''a priori'' that this is so, we conclude...").

A secondary usage of the term 'a priori knowledge' is the idea that awareness, as such, includes a knowledge of some contingencies of denying that which is known ''a priori''. For example, if ''2 plus 2 equal 4'' either is, or is modeled after, a type of ''a priori'' knowledge, then this knowledge would include the knowledge that ''2 plus 2 '''does not''' equal 5''.

A secondary usage of the term 'a priori knowledge' is the idea that awareness, as such, includes a knowledge of some contingencies of denying that which is known ''a priori''. For example, if ''2 plus 2 equal 4'' either is, or is modeled after, a type of ''a priori'' knowledge, then this knowledge would include the knowledge that ''2 plus 2 '''does not''' equal 5''.