statisticians, “priors.” = statisticians speak of “priors?”

Plus, "priors" means "having foresight?"

Context:
The proposed solutions are,in broad strokes,
just what philosophers since Plato have sug-
gested. If the mind goes beyond the data given,
another source of information must make up
the difference. Some more abstract background
knowledge must generate and delimit the hypothe-
ses learners consider, or meaningful generaliza-
tion would be impossible (9, 10). Psychologists
and linguists speak of “constraints;”machine learn-
ing and artificial intelligence researchers, “induc-
tive bias;” statisticians, “priors.”