conceivability
Example Sentences
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The distance becomes less and less, but theoretically, or in conceivability, the one can never overtake the other.
From To Infidelity and Back by Lutz, Henry F. (Henry Frey)
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)
Now it is this test of relative conceivability which all men apply in varying degrees to the question of Theism.
From A Candid Examination of Theism by Romanes, George John
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
The evidence of existence, he declares, is clear and distinct conceivability.
From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton
