conceivability

Example Sentences

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Yet only—equally of course," I returned after a brief brooding, "if I come within a conceivability of accepting it.

From The Sacred Fount by James, Henry

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)

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

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