probable |
Working Definition:
the condition of being believed to be likely to exist.
Disciplinary Definitions:
probable: likely to be the case; that which is supported by good grounds (arguments, observation, inference) which incline one to believe but leave room for some doubt.
probability: 1. ad determination of the rational expectation for the occurrence of an event. 3. a theory or calculus of chance such as the measurement of the likelihood of the occurence of a particular event by determining the rate of its frequency. . Angeles, Dictionary of Philosophy
Comments:
[Note: in using the terms, "necessary," "probable," and "possible," I am not invoking modal logic. I am merely describing three states of belief, that something undeniably exists, that something probably exists but can be denied, and that something could possibly exist, but is neither necessary nor probable because it exists only as imagined.]
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