indemonstrable
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8.7
- adjective
- /ɪnˈdɛmənstrəbl/
- Though theoretically indemonstrable, Kant's aim is nevertheless to show the objective reality of his moral concepts for cognition as valid functions of practical reason.
Examples
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On the surface, however, it looks as if Kant has simply taken the bindingness of the moral law as a brute, indemonstrable given, even if he insists that the Factum is given as neither an intellectual intuition nor an empirical matter of fact.
Academic text (2017) -
That morality is the case thus becomes the supposedly sound but indemonstrable proposition of the second Critique.
Academic text (2017) -
Some philosophical ideas are indemonstrable and cannot be proven through logic or evidence.
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The claim that life exists on other planets remains indemonstrable without concrete proof.
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Many belief systems include principles that are indemonstrable and rely on faith rather than evidence.
Synonyms
5
7.5
No evidence can show it is true
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8.1
Not able to be proven or shown to be true
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7.7
You cannot know for sure
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9.9
A problem you cannot show true or false using the rules of a system
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7.6
It is not possible to know for sure
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9.4
Something that people cannot prove with evidence
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9.8
Not possible to find out for certain
Antonyms
How Demonstrable
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5.0
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8.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
indemonstrable = demonstrable (transparent) = in + demonstr + able
The negative prefix 'in-' attaches regularly to 'demonstrable' and yields the straightforward meaning 'not demonstrable'.
Etymology
Indemonstrable is made of the prefix in- ('not') and demonstrable, from demonstrate meaning 'to show' or 'to prove', so it describes something 'not able to be shown or proved'.