Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not capable of being proved, demonstrated, confirmed, or established. Also spelled
unproveable .
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- adjective That cannot be
proved orverified by anytest
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- adjective not provable
Etymologies
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Examples
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According to Dawkins, that makes science “one of the world’s great evils”, since scientists start with faith that certain unprovable assumptions are true; among others – the objective existence of the material universe, that is is governed by rational laws, the reliability of human reason, the reliability of observation.
Atheists sawing through the branch they are sitting on « Anglican Samizdat 2010
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Don't give me this load about degineration if you are going to make assertions such as, the * "unprovable" aspects of an open agenda, and expect no reply.
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Postmodernism, a self-consciously "unprovable" theory, replaced formal structures with subjectivity.
Latest Articles 2009
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Postmodernism, a self-consciously "unprovable" theory, replaced formal structures with subjectivity.
Signs of the Times 2009
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"Postmodernism, a self-consciously" unprovable "theory, replaced formal structures with subjectivity.
Kay Brooks 2009
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"Postmodernism, a self-consciously" unprovable "theory, replaced formal structures with subjectivity.
Kay Brooks 2009
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God is unprovable or maybe non-existent and the solar theory of global warming has been debunked.
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Gödel started by taking one of those paradox-like statements: “This statement is unprovable.”
Wolfram Blog : Stephen Wolfram on the Quest for Computable Knowledge 2009
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Note that when Dawkins says the existence of God is technically unprovable, he is not disagreeing with the statement made in God: The Failed Hypothesis that God does not exist beyond a reasonable doubt.
Victor Stenger: Everything Came from Nothing Victor Stenger 2011
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A “feeling” is only an unprovable personal perception.
Police Do As They Are Told Shock!!!! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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