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Meaning of "incorrigibility" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INCORRIGIBILITY

incorrigibility  [ɪnˌkɒrɪdʒəˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCORRIGIBILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incorrigibility is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INCORRIGIBILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Incorrigibility

In philosophy, incorrigibility is a property of a philosophical proposition, which implies that it is necessarily true simply by virtue of being believed. A common example of such a proposition is René Descartes' "cogito ergo sum". Johnathan Harrison has argued that "incorrigible" may be the wrong term, since it seems to imply a sense that the beliefs cannot be changed, which isn't actually true. In Harrison's view, the incorrigibility of a proposition actually implies something about the nature of believing—for example, that one must exist in order to believe—rather than the nature of the proposition itself. For illustration, consider Descartes': I think, therefore I exist. Stated in incorrigible form, this could be: "That I believe that I exist implies that my belief is true." Harrison argues that a belief being true is really only incidental to the matter, that really what the cogito proves is that belief implies existence. One could equally well say, "That I believe God exists implies that I exist." or "That I believe I do not exist implies that my belief is false."—and these would have the same essential meaning as the cogito.

Definition of incorrigibility in the English dictionary

The definition of incorrigibility in the dictionary is the quality of being incorrigible.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCORRIGIBILITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
accessibility
əkˌsɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
accountability
əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capability
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ
compatibility
kəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
disability
ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
durability
ˌdjʊərəˈbɪlɪtɪ
eligibility
ˌɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
flexibility
ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
inability
ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ
liability
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
mobility
məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
nobility
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
possibility
ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
probability
ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ
reliability
rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
responsibility
rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
stability
stəˈbɪlɪtɪ
visibility
ˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCORRIGIBILITY

incorporeally
incorporeity
incorpse
incorrect
incorrectly
incorrectness
incorrigible
incorrigibleness
incorrigibly
incorrodible
incorrosible
incorrupt
incorruptibility
incorruptible
incorruptibleness
incorruptibly
incorruption
incorruptive
incorruptly
incorruptness

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCORRIGIBILITY

agility
credibility
facility
feasibility
fertility
functionality
hostility
humility
inevitability
instability
merchantability
profitability
suitability
susceptibility
sustainability
tranquility
usability
utility
variability
versatility
vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of incorrigibility in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «incorrigibility» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCORRIGIBILITY

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The translations of incorrigibility from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incorrigibility» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

劣根性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

incorrigibility
570 millions of speakers

English

incorrigibility
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

incorrigibility
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

استحالة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

некорректируемостью
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incorrigibility
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

incorrigibility
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

incorrigibilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak dapat dilakukan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unkorrigierbarkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

incorrigibility
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

incorrigibility
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Incorrigibility
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

incorrigibility
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

incorrigibility
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुगमता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

incorrigibility
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incorreggibilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

incorrigibility
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

некорректіруемих
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

incorigibilitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

incorrigibility
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onverbeterlikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

incorrigibility
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

incorrigibility
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incorrigibility

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCORRIGIBILITY»

The term «incorrigibility» is used very little and occupies the 153.209 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCORRIGIBILITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incorrigibility

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCORRIGIBILITY»

Discover the use of incorrigibility in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incorrigibility and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Incorrigibility
Rayme Michaels. Ruyme Michaels \ ' INCORRIGIBILITY INCORRIGIBILITY Rayme Michaels Copyright © 2012, Rayme Michaels All. Front Cover.
Rayme Michaels, 2012
2
Trames
The fourth is the incorrigibility thesis: all mental states are such that if I believe or report that I am in state x, then nobody has reasons to correct my belief or report in saying that actually I am not in that particular state. It may be said that the ...
3
The Structure of Justification
Richard Rorty, has defended a kind of incorrigibility;8 and there are others who defend incorrigibility but do not seem to hold the foundations view.9 One can also hold a qualified foundations view, such as Quinton1" suggests, without ...
Robert Audi, 1993
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Privacy and the Mental
Since it is possible that a person misuse language in reporting any given aspect of his current mental condition, and since such reports are in principle correctible, the unqualified form of the report version of the Incorrigibility thesis is false.
George W. S. Bailey, 1979
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Explaining Consciousness: The Hard Problem
He asserts that the experiential character of consciousness — not incorrigibility — is the hard problem that scientific accounts of the mind must solve. Given that incorrigibility — 'reportability' — is the aspect of experience that motivates a ...
Jonathan Shear, 1999
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For the Sake of the Argument: Ramsey Test Conditionals, ...
8.5 Degrees of Incorrigibility Shackle measures, as I have interpreted them, represent degrees of confidence of acceptance and rejection. Like degrees of credal probability, they apply in a significant way to hypotheses that are not in K and ...
Isaac Levi, 2007
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Knowledge and Inquiry: Essays on the Pragmatism of Isaac Levi
In his book The Enterprise of Knowledge, Isaac Levi makes a distinction between infallibility and incorrigibility and remarks that many authors, among them Peirce, do not seem to be aware of the difference. Levi's distinction is made in the ...
Erik J. Olsson, 2006
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The Ascent from Nominalism: Some Existence Arguments in ...
Gottlob is inclined to grant the incorrigibility premiss in Moore's argument, but to reject the argument as a whole for its confusion of sense and reference; while Plato maintains that the argument will be a good one if and only if the incorrigibility ...
Terry Penner, 1987
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Reflecting Davidson: Donald Davidson Responding to an ...
I shall call this the condition of weak incorrigibility. Although I think this is an attractive description,” I shall not assume it here”. Whether or not we require something like weak incorrigibility for selfascriptions of the privileged class, (ET) and (CT) ...
Ralf Stoecker, 1993
10
Richard Rorty: The Making of an American Philosopher
earlier thesis of eliminative materialism against recent attacks.3 And in “ Incorrigibility as the Mark of the Mental,” published in the Journal of Philosophy, also in 1970, Rorty took on the standard view that mentality is defined by such qualities as ...
Neil Gross, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCORRIGIBILITY»

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Police reports, July 15, 2015 - Kokomo Tribune: News
Tuesday, 2:14 p.m., police arrested a 14-year-old female in the 700 block of East Jefferson Street on charges of battery and incorrigibility. «Kokomo Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Leadership crisis
His thesis diagnoses the malaise skilfully but falls short of suggesting any solution to the incorrigibility of our so-called leaders. My conviction is ... «The News International, Jul 15»
3
The Memory Palace podcast, review: All hail the return of an …
... popped up all over the city. Eugenia's mother Helen was so distraught that she had her daughter arrested and charged with "incorrigibility". «The Independent, Jul 15»
4
Night at the End of the Tunnel
But there's an integrity to his incorrigibility; Haugen wraps himself in his debauchee's dignity and manages to pluck his kernel of veritas out of ... «A News Cafe, Jul 15»
5
The state of the nation address from the layman's point of view- part 2
The SNA is that since the NDC government is hooked to or hinged with arrogance and incorrigibility, no wonder the general secretary wore the ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
6
A high school history lesson – from Whitey Bulger?
For some, the letter was a further sign of Bulger's incorrigibility. “He doesn't feel bad for the victims or anyone else,” retired Massachusetts State ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jun 15»
7
Detroit girl, 15, missing for 30th time, mom says
According to police, Diamond's mother was planning to go to juvenile court to start incorrigibility proceedings the next morning. The mother said ... «CBS News, Jun 15»
8
Change a face, change a fate: when prisoners got free nose jobs
Hostility and incorrigibility gave way to graciousness and polite behaviour. “There was a marked inclination to co-operate with those in authority ... «OurWindsor.ca, Jun 15»
9
Burnie father Paul Connelly jailed for trying to kill children in car fire …
He did not believe Connelly's "incorrigibility" justified setting the non-parole period at 75 per cent of the 20-year sentence. «ABC Online, Jun 15»
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Children and Youth agency plans to embark on new training program
CYS deals with runaways and cases of child abuse, child neglect, truancy, incorrigibility, or circumstances in which a child is at risk of being ... «Observer-Reporter, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Incorrigibility [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/incorrigibility>. Apr 2024 ».
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