conceivability

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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

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)

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