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realisability en · NOUN

Etymology

From realise + -ability.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative spelling of realizability.
    • Artificial intelligence in the Mass Effect universe does not mimic humanity like Fallout 4’s synths. Instead, the Geth are another alien race, just a synthetic one, created by the Quarians. In the Mass Effect universe, consciousness has multiple realisability: it's realised in humans, the mono-gendered Asari, the jellyfish-like Hanar, the dual-hearted Krogan and — if you believe that a machine can be conscious — the robotic Geth. 2017, Jordan Erica Webber, Daniel Griliopoulos, “Philosophy of mind”, in Ten Things Video Games can Teach Us, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 110:

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realisabilities Number=Plur lexicographic