PROBABILIORISM
Prob`a*bil"i*o*rism, n.
Defn: The doctrine of the probabiliorists.
PROBABILIORIST Prob`a*bil"i*o*rist, n. Etym: [From L. probabilior, compar. of probabilis probable.] (Casuistry)
Defn: One who holds, in opposition to the probabilists, that a man is bound to do that which is most probably right.
PROBABILISM
Prob"a*bil*ism n. Etym: [Cf. F. probabilisme.]
Defn: The doctrine of the probabilists.
PROBABILIST
Prob"a*bil*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. probabilists.]
1. One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions.
2. (Casuistry)
Defn: One who maintains that a man may do that which has a probability of being right, or which is inculcated by teachers of authority, although other opinions may seem to him still more probable.