satisfactoriness
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Second in importance is its satisfactoriness for the life and scientific productiveness of the observer.
From The Mental Life of Monkeys and Apes A Study of Ideational Behavior by Yerkes, Robert M.
It would take years to work the thing and get down to the footing of one water supply and an ambidextrous dustman on the lines of perfect justice and satisfactoriness all round.
From What is Coming? by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
There is therefore a great deal of room for license, and a great deal of license practiced, when the agreement of our ideas with reality means nothing more than their satisfactoriness to our lives’ demands.
From The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey by Geyer, Delton Loring
But satisfactoriness is a subjective term, just as idea is; and truth is generally regarded as 'objective.'
From Meaning of Truth by James, William
If these work out with moderate satisfactoriness, we are content to suppose that our assumptions have been confirmed.
From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by Dewey, John
