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necessitarianism

/nuh-ses-i-tair-ee-uh-niz-uhm/US // nəˌsɛs ɪˈtɛər i əˌnɪz əm //UK // (nɪˌsɛsɪˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm) //

必要主义,必需品主义,必要性主义,必要性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the doctrine that all events, including acts of the will, are determined by antecedent causes; determinism.

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Examples

  • But the political reconstruction which he proposes is too much determined by this old nightmare of necessitarianism.

  • By denying the substantiality of the ego it also confirmed the necessitarianism of Spinoza.

  • His necessitarianism is modern, his scepticism is modern, and the difficulties in which it arises are modern too.

  • In philosophy, Collins takes a foremost place as a defender of Necessitarianism.