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In lieu of positive evidence, they appeal to the supposed conceivableness of the direct action of will on matter, and inconceivableness of the direct action of matter on matter.

From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by Stebbing, W. (William)

To this I answer: Even if it were true that inconceivableness represents "the net result" of all past experience, why should we stop at the representative when we can get at the thing represented?

From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. I by Mill, John Stuart

The utter unexpectedness, improbability, and inconceivableness of such an event robbed this vague declaration of all its effect. 

From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph

All her later writings, at least, confirm this testimony to her assertion of the inconceivableness of God, and her open denial of faith in theism.

From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis

Next: Even if it were true that inconceivableness represents the net result of all past experience, why should we stop at the representative when we can get at the thing represented?

From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by Mill, John Stuart