probabilifyv.
/ˌprɒbəˈbɪlᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌprɑbəˈbɪləˌfaɪ/ Philosophy.
transitive. To make probable, give probability to.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > render probable [verb (transitive)]
probabilize1804
probablize1847
probabilify1936
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical truth > [verb (transitive)]
probabilify1936
1936 H. H. Price Truth & Corrigibility 16 Some parts of the total body of evidence either imply or probabilify other parts.
1949 W. Kneale Probability & Induction i. 11 Some conjunctions containing A would not probabilify B to the same degree or even at all.
1966 A. Flew God & Philos. vii. 148 A traveller's tale not probabilified by any promising theory.
1991 Mind 100 95 If you know that my belief is inspired by a dream, you will certainly be rationally entitled..to regard my holding it as doing nothing to probabilify its truth.
Derivatives
probabiliˈfiable adj. that is given a probability or made probable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adjective] > rendering probable
probabilificatory1936
probabilifiable1953
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical truth > [adjective] > relating to probability
equiprobable1921
probabilistic1928
probabilificatory1936
probabilist1938
probabilifiable1953
1953 Mind 62 455 Logical positivists started from an alleged law that no sentence can have meaning unless it is either tautological..or probabilifiable by sense-perception.
2000 D. MackIntosh in P. A. Danielson Modeling Rationality, Morality, & Evol. xiv. 291 One cannot prefer impossible conditions, nor..possible ones not probabilifiable by any of one's available actions.
probabilifiˈcatory adj. that makes something probable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adjective] > rendering probable
probabilificatory1936
probabilifiable1953
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical truth > [adjective] > relating to probability
equiprobable1921
probabilistic1928
probabilificatory1936
probabilist1938
probabilifiable1953
1936 H. H. Price Truth & Corrigibility 18 A system where the mutual support..is only of the probabilificatory kind.
1986 Brit. Jrnl. for Philos. Sci. 37 269 The weight of a probabilificatory argument ought surely to remain invariant under uniform exchanges of the individuals to which it refers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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