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indeterminism

/in-di-tur-muh-niz-uhm/US // ˌɪn dɪˈtɜr məˌnɪz əm //UK // (ˌɪndɪˈtɜːmɪˌnɪzəm) //

不决定论,不决定性,不决定性原则,不确定主义

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Philosophy.

    • : the doctrine that human actions, though influenced somewhat by preexisting psychological and other conditions, are not entirely governed by them but retain a certain freedom and spontaneity.
    • : the theory that the will is to some extent independent of the strength of motives, or may itself modify their strength in choice.

Examples

  • What you call randomness or indeterminism is what we call information creation.

  • Indeterminism is the only way to break the world into good parts and into bad, and to stand by the former as against the latter.

  • Indeterminism finds more advocates nowadays than determinism.

  • The incompatibility lies between Indeterminism and Responsibility.

  • For as with the previous terms examined, it is an acceptance of Indeterminism that would rob these words of all value.

  • Their indeterminism is indeed the necessary and logical accompaniment of their anti-intellectualism.