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  • noun The state of being explicable.

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  • When you think about it, our own existence, together with its post-Darwinian explicability, is a candidate for the most astonishing fact that any of us are called upon to contemplate, in our whole life, ever.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • At the same time, it is subject to a degree of explicability, in that earlier moments of historical development set the stage for choices and inventions in the next phase.

    Metaphors for history Daniel Little 2009

  • At the same time, it is subject to a degree of explicability, in that earlier moments of historical development set the stage for choices and inventions in the next phase.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Daniel Little 2009

  • When you think about it, our own existence, together with its post-Darwinian explicability, is a candidate for the most astonishing fact that any of us are called upon to contemplate, in our whole life, ever.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • For me, it is the desire to do justice to both these aspects of our existence, the simultaneously explicability and mysteriousness of the universe, that keeps me exploring both science and spirituality, both reason and religion, as ways to get to know it and myself better.

    Archive 2009-01-01 James F. McGrath 2009

  • For me, it is the desire to do justice to both these aspects of our existence, the simultaneously explicability and mysteriousness of the universe, that keeps me exploring both science and spirituality, both reason and religion, as ways to get to know it and myself better.

    Keith Ward, Big Questions in Science and Religion 10: Does Science Allow for Revelation and Divine Action? James F. McGrath 2009

  • I'm glad for Gordon that "the explicability and intelligibility of the world doesn't seem to be a mystery to" him though, if the world is indeed inexplicable, I wonder why.

    Speaking of Bryan ... Frank Wilson 2007

  • The explicability of the world is simply a selection effect.

    Speaking of Bryan ... Frank Wilson 2007

  • There is no mystery to the explicability of the world.

    Speaking of Bryan ... Frank Wilson 2007

  • David Berlind of Cnet. com demonstrates to Bluetooth promoters standard lacks interop, explicability

    Wi-Fi Networking News 2009

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