Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hume's fork

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: hume's -fork
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A tenet asserting that all statements are exclusively either "analytic a priori" (universally true by mere definition) or "synthetic a posteriori" (unknowable without exact experience).

Example Sentences

"Hume's Fork would belong to the category of sophistry and illusion. As Hume's Fork is presented as a tool with which knowable propositions can be distinguished from nonsensical ones, critics need to show that the two categories of knowable propositions are inadequate, or that nonsensical propositions can be true or false."

Etymology

Named after philosopher David Hume (1711–1776).

Questions

What does hume's fork mean?: A tenet asserting that all statements are exclusively either "analytic a priori" (universally true by mere definition) or "synthetic a posteriori" (unknowable without exact experience).
Where does hume's fork come from?: Named after philosopher David Hume (1711–1776).

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