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Catholic probabilism: History, History of probabilism & Opposing views

In Catholic moral theology, probabilism provides a way of answering the question about what to do when one does not know what to do. Probabilism proposes that one can follow an authoritative opinion regarding whether an act may be performed morally, even though the opposite opinion is more probable. (An opinion is probable when, because of intrinsic or…

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Catholic probabilism topic overview

The analysis highlights History, History of probabilism and Opposing views as prominent areas in the source structure around Catholic probabilism.

Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
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Extracted relationships
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Related term clusters
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Bridge connections
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History of probabilism · 21 topics
Opposing views · 20 topics
Formulation · 12 topics
Overview · 6 topics
Footnotes · 2 topics

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Catholic probabilism
3Catholic · Moral theology · Bartolomé de Medina (theologian)
6Spain · Theologian · Society of Jesus
6Dominican Order · Bartholomew Medina · Salamanca
6Jansenism · Innocent X · Augustinus (Jansenist book)

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History of probabilism

Opposing views

Footnotes

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Catholic probabilism relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 14 structured relationships around Catholic probabilism. Examples in this analysis include Luis Molina → instance of → and defended by many Jesuits and Gabriel Vásquez further developed probabilism → instance of → Jesuits. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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Luis Molinainstance ofand defended by many Jesuits0.80text
Gabriel Vásquez further developed probabilisminstance ofJesuits0.80text
distinguishing intrinsicinstance ofJesuits0.80text
argument-based probabilisminstance ofJesuits0.80text
extrinsicinstance ofJesuits0.80text
authority-based probabilisminstance ofJesuits0.80text
that of Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz.PrecursorsFathersinstance ofAbuses of probabilism led to moral laxism0.80text
doctorsinstance ofAbuses of probabilism led to moral laxism0.80text
theologians of the Church at times solved cases on principles which apparently were probabilist in tendencyinstance ofAbuses of probabilism led to moral laxism0.80text
Rebellusinstance ofThere were exceptions0.80text
Comitolusinstance ofThere were exceptions0.80text
Philalethisinstance ofThere were exceptions0.80text

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Catholic probabilism bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Church, Laxism and Favour. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Catholic probabilism, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Catholic probabilism with History of probabilism. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

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Catholic probabilism — History of probabilism · splits 45 ⟂ 22
Catholic probabilism — Opposing views · splits 46 ⟂ 21
Catholic probabilism — Formulation · splits 54 ⟂ 13
Catholic probabilism — Overview · splits 60 ⟂ 7
Catholic probabilism — Footnotes · splits 64 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Catholic probabilism

Nodes67
Edges66
Triples14
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029851
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Catholic probabilism to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, History of probabilism & Opposing views, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Catholic probabilism · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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