committal
Collocations
4ADJ.
observational, required, theoretical
COMMITTAL + NOUN
treatment
PREP.
on
ADV.
epistemically
Definitions
noun
The act of entrusting something to someone.
The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
The act of perpetrating an offence.
The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.
adj
Of or relating to a committee.
Of or relating to commitment.
On reading the work, we have become impressed with this fact, and have several times wished that the author was more committal on the treatment of several diseases in which he himself must have had a large experience.
He points out that the former hypothesis is less committal epistemically, and he claims that nothing more committal is required to make sense of scientific method.
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Synonyms
noun — the act of committing a crime
noun — the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as i
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3On reading the work, we have become impressed with this fact, and have several times wished that the author was more committal on the treatment of several diseases in which he himself must have had a
WiktionaryHe points out that the former hypothesis is less committal epistemically, and he claims that nothing more committal is required to make sense of scientific method.
WiktionaryNotice also that the credibility of noncommittal observational beliefs will compare in a similar way with the credibility of more committal (or theoretical) observational beliefs, such as belief that
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