PROBABILISM


Meaning of PROBABILISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈprä-bə-bə-ˌli-zəm ]

noun

Etymology: French probabilisme, from Latin probabilis probable

Date: circa 1843

1. : a theory that in disputed moral questions any solidly probable course may be followed even though an opposed course is or appears more probable

2. : a theory that certainty is impossible especially in the sciences and that probability suffices to govern belief and action

• prob·a·bi·list -list adjective or noun

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