causalism
nounEtymology From causal + -ism.
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences The doctrine that actions have a direct cause, especially that people's actions are caused by their mental state at the time.
- 11 Since Donald Davidson’s “Actions, Reasons, and Causes” ( 1963 ), causalism about action explanations has been widely accepted (and perennially contested).2007 March 6, Andrew Sneddon, “The depths and shallows of psychological externalism”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 138, number 3, →DOI:
- Derived terms
- causalist