conceivability
Example Sentences
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Logical deduction from the predicates attached to the term "Nirvana" strips it of all reality, conceivability, or perceivability, whether by Gods or men.
From Evolution and Ethics by Huxley, Thomas Henry
To answer this, we must consider the argument for conceivability as the touchstone which is to separate the “Knowable” from the “Unknowable.”
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)
And in the vast majority of cases this test of relative inconceivability is, for all practical purposes, as valid a test of truth as is the test of absolute conceivability.
From A Candid Examination of Theism by Romanes, George John
"You do not admit the conceivability at all?" he queried.
From Anna Karenina by Garnett, Constance
In making conceivability the supreme test as to what is knowable, Mr. Spencer sets up a criterion which he himself violates.
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)
