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

The evidence of existence, he declares, is clear and distinct conceivability.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton

"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

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

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