determinism
nounUK /dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪzəm/
Etymology Borrowed from French déterminisme, equivalent to determine + -ism.
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.
- Pereboom’s book presents probably the best available argument for hard incompatibilism (the view that free will is not compatible with causal determinism), and his defence of the sourcehood view is just part of this overall argument.2015 January 1, John Danaher, “The Free Will Debate: Sourcehood or Alternative Possibilities?”, in Philosophical Disquisitions:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The property of having behavior determined only by initial state and input.
- Derived terms
- antideterminism, biodeterminism, biological determinism, creeping determinism, ecodeterminism, economic determinism, genetic determinism, nominative determinism, nondeterminism, non-determinism, predeterminism, retrospective determinism, superdeterminism, technodeterminism, techno-determinism
- Related terms
- determinist, deterministic, predeterminedness, compatibilism, incompatibilism