DETERMINISM

Determinism

Determinism is a philosophical position stating that for everything that happens there are conditions such that, given those conditions, nothing else could happen. "There are many determinisms, depending upon what pre-conditions are considered to be determinative of an event." Deterministic theories throughout the history of philosophy have sprung from diverse motives and considerations, some of which overlap. Some forms of determinism can be tested empirically with ideas stemming from physics and the philosophy of physics. The opposite of determinism is some kind of indeterminism . Determinism is often contrasted with free will.

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determinism

Noun

  1. The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.
  2. The property of having behavior determined only by initial state and input.


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