Definition of: probabilism

(prob′ə·bəl·iz′əm) noun Philos.
1. The doctrine that certainty is unattainable, but that belief and action must be governed by probability.
2. The doctrine that, as long as the existence, interpretation, or application of a law remains truly doubtful, one may follow his own inclination, on the ground that a doubtful law cannot impose a certain obligation. [<L probabilis]
—prob′a·bil·ist noun
—prob′a·bil·is′tic adjective