conceivability

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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

Perceptibility or conceivability are, then, the two forms which reality may assume.

From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Binet, Alfred

"May exist," since for the critical philosopher, who has learned that every extension of knowledge beyond the limits of experience is impossible, the question can concern only the conceivability of the world-ground and of freedom.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard

Since then he had watched eagerly for evidences of another life: and the sense of its conceivability grew upon him, in spite of the doubts which he had entertained of the immortality of the soul.

From The Life of John Ruskin by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)

Metaphysics is, in general, unable to show how reality is made, but only to remove certain contradictions which stand in the way of the conceivability of these notions.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard