defeasible
/dɪˈfiːzɪb(ə)l
/adjective chiefly Law & Philosophy
Open in principle to revision, valid objection, forfeiture, or annulment.In the jargon, this means that any scientific claim is defeasible, meaning it is in principle open to revision or rejection in the light of further disclosures, arguments, or evidence....
- They were not in any way, shape or form defeasible.
- What they hold to be true is certain, not defeasible.
Derivatives
defeasibility
- However, this is just the inevitable defeasibility of any form of inference that depends on background empirical presuppositions.
- The third feature of rational reasons is their defeasibility.
- In the MMR case, however, people do not want to hear about defeasibility and inductive probability.
defeasibly
- This technical report describes the construction of an experimental planner that finds plans by reasoning about them defeasibly rather than by running a search algorithm.
- Most of the work in rational cognition is carried out by epistemic cognition, and must be done defeasibly.
Origin
Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from the stem of Old French desfesant 'undoing' (see also defeasance).