👉 "Preexistence" is a concept in various fields of study, including philosophy and psychology. It refers to the idea that there was an earlier existence before the current one. This idea has been proposed by philosophers such as John Searle, who argued that "preexistence" could be seen as a form of "priori knowledge" or "priori understanding," which is the ability to know things without any prior experience or information. In psychology, it is often used to describe how people perceive