This theory was proposed by Mannier, Laloux and Potton; but it gained little support and has not yet become a rival of the old theories of probabilism, �quiprobabilism or even Probabiliorism.
12.
Some passages in this work gave serious offence to the school of absolute Probabilists, and for some years Pietro was engaged in a dispute with them, defending his principles of Probabiliorism in three volumes.
13.
In his theological discussion with his superior-general, Thyrsus Gonzalez, who was a firm champion of Probabiliorism, he combined the respect and obedience of the subject with the independence of the trained thinker ( cf.
14.
Probabilists sometimes hold that St . Alphonsus never changed his opinion once he had discarded Probabiliorism for probabilism, though he changed his manner of expressing his view so as to exclude Laxist teaching and to give an indication of what must be regarded as a solidly probable opinion.
15.
Probabiliorism, which held that it is not lawful to act on the less safe opinion unless it is more probable than the safe opinion and which was in vogue before the time of Medina, was renewed in the middle of the seventeenth century as an antidote against Laxism.
16.
Opposed to probabilism is probabiliorism ( Latin " probabilior ", " more likely " ), which holds that when there is a preponderance of evidence on one side of a controversy one is obliged to follow that side, and tutiorism ( Latin " tutior ", " safer " ), which holds that in case of doubt one must take the morally safer side.
