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  1. acatalepsynoun

    Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.

  2. Etymology: From α- + καταλαμβάνειν.

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  1. Acatalepsy

    In philosophy, acatalepsy (from the Greek ἀκαταληψία "inability to comprehend" from alpha privative and καταλαμβάνειν, "to seize") is incomprehensibleness, or the impossibility of comprehending or conceiving a thing. It is the antithesis of the Stoic doctrine of katalepsis (i.e., the ability to apprehend). According to the Stoics, katalepsis was true perception, but to the Pyrrhonists and Academic Skeptics, no perception could be known to be true. All perceptions were thus acataleptic, i.e. what, if any, conformity between the object and the perception of that object was unknown and, for the Academic Skeptics, could never be known.For the Academic Skeptics, acatalepsy meant that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to plausibility. The Academic Skeptics responded to the Stoic doctrine of katalepsis with the following syllogism:

Webster Dictionary

  1. Acatalepsynoun

    incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability

  2. Etymology: [Gr. ; 'a priv. + to seize, comprehend.]

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  1. Acatalepsy

    Acatalepsy, in philosophy, is incomprehensibleness, or the impossibility of comprehending or conceiving a thing. The Pyrrhonians attempted to show, while Academic skeptics of the Platonic Academy asserted an absolute acatalepsia; all human science or knowledge, according to them, went no further than to appearances and verisimilitude. It is the antithesis of the Stoic doctrine of catalepsy or Apprehension. According to the Stoics, catalepsy was true perception, but to the Skeptics, all perceptions were acataleptic, i.e. bore no conformity to the objects perceived, or, if they did bear any conformity, it could never be known.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Acatalepsy

    a-kat-a-lep′si, n. incomprehensibility, a term of the sceptic school of Carneades, who thought nothing could be known to certainty by man.—adj. Acatalep′tic. [Gr. akatalēpsiaa, neg., kata, thoroughly, lēpsis, a seizing—lambanein, to take hold.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of acatalepsy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of acatalepsy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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