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Vinony

determinism

noun

  1. philosophical belief that all events are determined completely by previously existing causes
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪzəm/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French déterminisme, equivalent to determine + -ism.

  1. 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.”

  2. The property of having behavior determined only by initial state and input.