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Definition of "conceivability" []

  • The characteristic of being conceivable; the ability to be conceived, believed, or understood. (noun)

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Use "conceivability" in a sentence
  • "I have long claimed that this conceivability is only apparent; some misguided philosophers think they can conceive of a zombie, but they are badly mistaken. nullasalus:"
  • "I include (2) because the notion of conceivability has one foot in the psychological camp, like imaginability, and one in the camp of pure logical possibility and therefore helps in the transition from one to the other."
  • "So the kind of conceivability invoked in premisses (1) and (2) needs to be strongly constrained."