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certainty confidence in a certain event or outcome occurring; a subjective judgment by a decision maker. The sure thing, the guaranteed happening, the certain winner. certainty equivalent the estimated value of a doubtful happening if it happened; used to help decision making in risky ventures. certainty required refers to the making of a diagnosis. The criterion on which a decision can be made about how far to go in the investigation of a case is the degree of certainty required. |
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HUMANISTS, AGNOSTICS, SKEPTICS, and others who don't believe
in any ultimately objective, indubitable, final, or unchanging truths
are often asked, "Do you know with absolute certainty that there
are no certainties? We should allow
for professional judgment, and not expect absolute certainty. These are
interesting, but there is a certain 'here-we-go-again' feeling
induced by the absolute certainty of Jencks' arguments: the latest
scientific evidence is always taken as being the last word. |
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