Pretoric

Pre-theoretical, independent of theory. More specifically, a proposition is pretheoretical, according to some philosophers, if and only if its plausibility or implausibility does not depend on theoretical considerations or considerations relative to theoretical analyzes. The term "pre-analytic" is often used as a synonym for "pre-theoretical", although the former is properly linked to analysis and not to theory. Some philosophers characterize the pre-theoretical propositions as "intuitively" plausible or implausible. They argue that such propositions can regulate philosophical theorizing as follows: in general, an adequate philosophical theory would not have to clash with intuitively plausible propositions (involving intuitively implausible propositions) and would have to involve intuitively plausible propositions. Some philosophers assert that theoretical considerations may prevail over "intuitions" -including such intuitively plausible propositions-when joint theoretical coherence (or reflexive equilibrium) is thus ensured. Bibliography

The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Robert Audi (Editor). Cambridge University Press, 1995-1999 (Editorial). Page: 786. Accessed November 24, 2016.

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