probabilism

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Noun

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probabilism (usually uncountable, plural probabilisms)

  1. (philosophy) The doctrine that, in the absence of certainty, probability is the best criterion.
  2. (theology, chiefly Catholicism) The casuistic doctrine that, in difficult matters of conscience, one may safely follow a doctrine that is probable, e.g. approved by a recognized Doctor of the Church, even if the opposite opinion is more probable.
    Coordinate term: probabiliorism

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French probabilisme.

Noun

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probabilism n (uncountable)

  1. probabilism

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