Provability (Noun)
Meaning
Capability of being demonstrated or logically proved.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- String theory's provability has been questioned by some members of the scientific community due to its lack of empirical evidence.
- Mathematicians often focus on the provability of a conjecture, rather than just assuming it to be true.
- The philosopher argued that the provability of moral propositions was not the primary concern, but rather their practical application.
- A fundamental question in computer science is the provability of the halting problem, which deals with the limits of computation.
- Many notable mathematicians have proposed theorems stating that certain mathematical statements have provability, only for them to be later falsified.