Full Idea
All analytic judgements are a priori even when the concepts are empirical, as, for example, 'Gold is a yellow metal'; for to know this I require no experience beyond my concept of gold as a yellow metal.
Gist of Idea
Analytic judgements are a priori, even when their content is empirical
Source
Saul A. Kripke (Naming and Necessity lectures [1970], Lecture 3)
Book Reference
Kripke,Saul: 'Naming and Necessity' [Blackwell 1980], p.117
A Reaction
So I relate a priori to 'turquoise is a shade of red', even though my concepts are confused? It is my concept, perhaps, but it is false. I thought a priori had something to do with knowing, not with reporting the confused nonsense in my mind?