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Webster 1913 Edition
Determinism
De-ter′min-ism
,Noun.
(Metaph.)
The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives, preceding events, and natural laws.
Its superior suitability to produce courage, as contrasted with scientific physical
determinism
, is obvious. F. P. Cobbe.
Definition 2024
determinism
determinism
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Noun
determinism (countable and uncountable, plural determinisms)
- (ethics) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.
- (computing) The property of having behavior determined only by initial state and input.
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notion in ethics
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notion in computing
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