PROBABILISM


Meaning of PROBABILISM in English

noun Etymology: French ~e, from Latin probabilis probable Date: circa 1843 a theory that in disputed moral questions any solidly probable course may be followed even though an opposed course is or appears more probable, a theory that certainty is impossible especially in the sciences and that probability suffices to govern belief and action, probabilist adjective or noun

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