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Definition of corrigible in English: corrigibleadjective ˈkɒrɪdʒɪb(ə)lˈkɔrədʒəbəl Capable of being corrected, rectified, or reformed. 可改正的；可矫正的；可改造的 Example sentencesExamples - The reasoning of the founders of the UN was that the League had failed on account of flaws in its constitution which were identifiable and corrigible.
- In all such cases, I will argue, political discrimination can be understood in terms of certain corrigible cognitive errors that characterize prereflective xenophobia.
- It is always corrigible, subject to perpetual modification.
- This means that knowledge is not only fallible but is also corrigible - it can be corrected by the same sorts of operations as discover errors.
- In fact, he used his supposed elephantine hide to conceal a gentleness and a forbearance that allowed corrigible error and a toughness that demanded quality at all times from the scientists he corrected.
- But then all claims to knowledge about the physical world are corrigible, and we must reach provisional conclusions about them on the evidence available to us.
- We can find support for structuralism within mathematics, even if the support is corrigible.
- Like a person or agent, it had to be corrigible: it had to be possible to deal with the ‘house-builder’ as one deals with oneself, for otherwise there would be no possibility of liberation.
Synonyms curable, treatable, medicable, operable
Derivativesnoun In support of his affirmation that preference claims can be rationally compared, he articulates the role of flexibility and corrigibility in decisions concerning technology control. Example sentencesExamples - Without this, talk about the virtues of flexibility and corrigibility remains pointless.
- Yet another aspect to look at when analyzing theories is corrigibility.
- It defends the general reliability, corrigibility, and progressiveness of empirical knowledge against relativism and skepticism.
- Maintaining a theory in the face of anomalous data involves questions concerning the corrigibility of data, statements of initial conditions and their consequences, and the nature of predictions.
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense 'liable to or deserving punishment'): via French from medieval Latin corrigibilis, from Latin corrigere 'to correct'. Definition of corrigible in US English: corrigibleadjectiveˈkôrəjəbəlˈkɔrədʒəbəl Capable of being corrected, rectified, or reformed. 可改正的；可矫正的；可改造的 Example sentencesExamples - Like a person or agent, it had to be corrigible: it had to be possible to deal with the ‘house-builder’ as one deals with oneself, for otherwise there would be no possibility of liberation.
- In all such cases, I will argue, political discrimination can be understood in terms of certain corrigible cognitive errors that characterize prereflective xenophobia.
- But then all claims to knowledge about the physical world are corrigible, and we must reach provisional conclusions about them on the evidence available to us.
- It is always corrigible, subject to perpetual modification.
- This means that knowledge is not only fallible but is also corrigible - it can be corrected by the same sorts of operations as discover errors.
- In fact, he used his supposed elephantine hide to conceal a gentleness and a forbearance that allowed corrigible error and a toughness that demanded quality at all times from the scientists he corrected.
- The reasoning of the founders of the UN was that the League had failed on account of flaws in its constitution which were identifiable and corrigible.
- We can find support for structuralism within mathematics, even if the support is corrigible.
Synonyms curable, treatable, medicable, operable
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense ‘liable to or deserving punishment’): via French from medieval Latin corrigibilis, from Latin corrigere ‘to correct’. |