conceivability
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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
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)
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)
The evidence of existence, he declares, is clear and distinct conceivability.
From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton
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
