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Meanings of indeterminism in English

Russian
индетерминизм
Portuguese
indeterminismo
Spanish
indeterminismo

Concept that events (certain events, or events of certain types) are not caused, or not caused deterministically (cf. causality) by prior events.

        индетерминизм
        Antonyms
        Examples for "determinism"
        Examples for "determinism"
        1
        The positivist belief in universal and rigid determinism, especially shown in Taine.
        Modern French Philosophy: a Study of the Development Since Comte
        2
        But the difficulty lies in the application of this determinism to life.
        Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge ...
        3
        It is not at all clear that it passes the creeping-determinism test.
        The new yorker
        4
        He believed in biological determinism, just as Lenin believed in historical determinism.
        Modern Times
        5
        Free will and determinism are indistinguishable at a certain level of complexity.
        Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema
        Usage of indeterminism in English
        1
        But the freedom of will maintained by Leibnitz was not indeterminism.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 / A Magazine ...
        2
        Belief in indeterminism is a sign of indetermination.
        The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress
        3
        Simple indeterminism is not liberty.
        Principles of Freedom
        4
        Pluralism involves indeterminism, 324.
        A Pluralistic Universe / Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College ...
        5
        We are now sometimes told that, instead of the determinism and continuity of phenomena hitherto assumed by science, we should recognise indeterminism and discontinuity.
        Logic: Deductive and Inductive
        Translations for indeterminism
        Portuguese
        indeterminismo
        Indeterminism through the time