Reichenbach explicitly distinguished his relativized apriori from conventions in 'Relativitätstheorie und Erkenntnis Apriori' by insisting coordinative definitions are revisable but not arbitrary.
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Capable of being changed, overturned, or reconsidered based on new evidence or under different conditions.
a priori(Frege treats 'analytic' as entailing 'a priori' for arithmetic.)
Knowable independently of empirical experience; here treated as a consequence of analyticity.
arbitrary(Debate over Locke's watch passage and natural kind classification)
Does not mean 'random' or that all qualities are equally adequate as differentia; refers instead to the availability of multiple similarly good and natural grounds for classification.
conventions(Central concept in conventionalism; distinct from written rules but nonetheless binding through social enforcement.)
Collectively agreed-upon norms that operate within a game alongside its formal rules.
coordinative definitions(Reichenbach's methodology for empirical cognition in mathematical sciences)
Conventional or definitional elements that associate mathematical concepts of a physical theory with elements of physical reality.