Meaning of forebelieve | Babel Free

Definitions

To believe beforehand; believe in advance.

ambitransitive

Examples

“It is possible there may lurk secret wickedness in some blind corner of the heart which we know⟳ not of: it is possible that time and temptation, working upon our corruption, may at last⟳ draw⟳ us into some such sin as we could not forebelieve.”

“Taking the Lewis-Pollock definition of the might-counterfactual, we get⟳ the following analysis of (13) and (14): (13) is equivalent to: (13a) ~ (If God were not omniscient then he would forebelieve my act S.) Assuming that it is necessarily false [...]”

“It is alleged in the problem of foreknowledge and freedom that God's forebelief yesterday that I shall stay⟳ in bed tomorrow is now accidentally necessary, and that since it is now true of accidental necessity that if God forebelieved yesterday that I'd stay⟳ in bed tomorrow, then I'll stay⟳ in bed tomorrow, […]”

“For instance, suppose⟳ it is a fact that God has always foreknown or forebelieved thatJones would attend⟳ the lecture⟳ at noon this Friday.”

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