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ADJ.
inconsistent, true
VERB + ALLISM
call
ALLISM + NOUN
noneism, philosophy
PREP.
in, since, with
noun
A belief in the existence of all possible entities including past and future things or unactualised possibilities.
Allism is the position of those who think that all these entities actually exist, and moreover, everything we can speak meaningfully about in some sense exists.
Allism is noneism with a twist. Fore whereas the noneist holds that some objects have no kind of being at all, the allist holds that every object has being.
noun
The rejection of creationism in all its forms (including intelligent design) and the assertion that evolution alone is responsible for the diversity of all living creatures.
Let us call it Allism – since it is essentially the thesis that natural selection does it all.
Allism is inconsistent with theism, and, therefore, anyone who professes ignorance as to whether Allism is true should profess ignorance as to whether God exists.
noun
Alternative form of Allism.
Allism is the position of those who think that all these entities actually exist, and moreover, everything we can speak meaningfully about in some sense exists.
WiktionaryAllism is noneism with a twist. Fore whereas the noneist holds that some objects have no kind of being at all, the allist holds that every object has being.
WiktionaryBut the rewritten noneist theory just is Allism [the view that everything over which the noneist quantifies exists] and our new quantifiers are defined in exactly the same way as Quine's!
WiktionaryLet us call it Allism – since it is essentially the thesis that natural selection does it all.
WiktionaryAllism is inconsistent with theism, and, therefore, anyone who professes ignorance as to whether Allism is true should profess ignorance as to whether God exists.
Wiktionary2013, A. Rosenberg, Theism and Allism in The Philosophy of Peter Van Inwagen Ed. John Christopher Adorno Keller
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In some senses, allism is marked as humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.