Inscrutability
51unreadability — noun a) The property of being impossible to read. b) The property of being unfit for reading. Syn: illegibility, inscrutability, indecipherability …
52inscrutableness — noun Inscrutability See Also: scrutiny …
53Critical response to Star Trek — The Star Trek franchise, originally created by Gene Roddenberry, has spawned five live action television series, one animated series, and (as of 2011) eleven motion pictures. The critical reception of the franchise has varied with its many… …
54Criticism of relativity theory — Criticism of Albert Einstein s theory of relativity was mainly expressed in the early years after its publication on a scientific, pseudoscientific, philosophical, or ideological basis. Reasons for criticism were, for example, alternative… …
55Davidson, Donald Herbert — (1917– ) American philosopher. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard, Davidson held posts at a number of universities before becoming professor at Berkeley in 1981. His writings have been a major influence on philosophy of… …
56indeterminacy of translation — The doctrine of Quine unveiled in ch. 2 of Word and Object, that the totality of subjects behaviour leaves it indeterminate whether one translation of their sayings or another is correct. Since there is nothing more than the totality of behaviour …
57meaning — Whatever it is that makes what would otherwise be mere sounds and inscriptions into instruments of communication and understanding. The philosophical problem is to demystify this power, and to relate it to what we know of ourselves and the world …
58complication — I noun aggravation, bafflement, barrier, complexity, complexness, complexus, complicated state, confusion, development, difficulty, dilemma, entanglement, hindrance, imbroglio, impediment, implicatio, incomprehensibility, inextricability,… …
59mystery — I noun abstruseness, arcanum, cabala, cabalism, concealment, enigma, hidden meaning, inexplicableness, inscrutability, inscrutableness, mysticism, obscurity, occultism, occultness, puzzle, res occulta, riddle, secrecy, secret, secretiveness,… …
60opacity — I noun asininity, blockishness, confusion, darkness, denseness, density, dimness, doltishness, dull wittedness, dullness, fatuity, hebetude, impenetrability, imperceptibility, inapprehensibility, incomprehensibility, indiscernibility,… …
