• (n.) One who maintains that a man may do that which has a probability of being right, or which is inculcated by teachers of authority, although other opinions may seem to him still more probable. • (n.) One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions.Probabilist: words in the...
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1. One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions. ... 2. One who maintains that a man may do that which has a probability of being right, or which is inculcated by teachers of authority, although other opinions may seem to him still more probable. ... Origin: Cf. F. Probabilists. ... S...
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Prob'a·bil·ist noun [ Confer French
probabiliste .]
1. One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions.
2. (Casuistry) One who maintains that a man may do that which has a probability of being right, or which i...
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