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determinism
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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determinism (philos.) doctrine that human action is necessarily determined. XIX. — F.
déterminisme or its source G.
determinismus (Kant, 1793), which may have been extracted from
prädeterm inismus, if not directly f.
determinieren — L.
dētermināre (see prec.) +
-ismus -ISM.
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Determinism and Freedom in Stoic Philosophy.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; BOBZIEN, Susanne. Determinism and Freedom in Stoic Philosophy...441 pp. Cloth, $85.00--In Determinism and Freedom in Stoic Philosophy...treatment of the Stoic position on determinism, freedom, and related subjects...
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Conceptions of determinism in radical behaviorism: A taxonomy
Magazine article from: Behavior and Philosophy; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT: Determinism his long been a core assumption in...descriptive taxonomy of four kinds of determinism assumed or asserted in the radical...possess a clearer understanding of determinism in behavioral analysis. In his introduction...
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Toward a comprehensive theory of counseling: A historical review of counseling theory development in relation to definitions of freewill and determinism
Magazine article from: TCA Journal; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...philosophical constructs of freewill and determinism. Problems associated with the construct...adequately addresses the freewill versus determinism problem, and (3) no grand, comprehensive...position on the age-old freewill versus determinism debate constitutes a primary component...
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Hard Determinism, Humeanism, and Virtue Ethics
Magazine article from: The Southern Journal of Philosophy; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Introduction Hard determinists hold that determinism and moral responsibility are incompatible, that determinism is true for all our actions, and that...of their rationale for holding that determinism and moral responsibility are incompatible...
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BELIEF IN PARANORMAL DETERMINISM AS A SOURCE OF PREJUDICE TOWARD DISADVANTAGED GROUPS: "THE DARK SIDE OF STARS"
Magazine article from: Social Behavior and Personality; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...the role of belief in a paranormal determinism of human personality and behavior has...But the impact of belief in paranormal determinism on prejudice has been relatively overlooked...mechanisms by which belief in a paranormal determinism might affect prejudice. In the present...
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Engineering technology and technological determinism
Magazine article from: Journal of Engineering Technology; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...its culture. We need to better understand the effects of technological determinism. Technological Determinism and the Technological Imperative TECHNOLOGICAL DETERMINISM The short definition of technological determinism comes from Marshall McLuhan...
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"A TRIAL AGAINST MYSELF": IDENTITY AND DETERMINISM IN DIDEROT'S JACQUES LE FATALISTE.
Magazine article from: The Romanic Review; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...touched on the issue of Diderot's determinism. This is not surprising since the novel thematizes the determinism vs. freedom debate in a number of...considered the link between Diderot's determinism and the issue of identity. I find...
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The effect of genetic determinism and exceptionalism on law and policy.
Magazine article from: Health Law Review; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...James Watson, 1989 (2) Genetic determinism and genetic reductionism are important...little discourse on the impact of genetic determinism and exceptionalism on policy development...existence. The most commonly used terms are determinism, reductionism, essentialism, and...
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Neo-environmental determinism and agrarian 'collapse' in Andean prehistory.
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...In early anthropology, environmental determinism was used to explain race, human demography...theoretical advances, environmental determinism continues to be invoked to explain Andean...extreme incarnations of neoenvironmental determinism, humans are considered passive pawns...
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Human freedom and the limitations of scientific determinism.(Essay)
Magazine article from: Modern Age; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...centuries-old debate between proponents of determinism and those who defend human freedom. Determinism implies that every event, including every...explained entirely by the laws of physics. Determinism assumes that the state of the world at...
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Determinism, Nonadditive
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Determinism, Nonadditive The principle of nonadditive determinism derives from the literature on integrative, multilevel...neurophysiological, molecular). The principle of nonadditive determinism specifies that properties of the whole are not always...
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Genetic Determinism
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
Genetic Determinism With rising public attention given...grew an increased belief in genetic determinism. Scholars referred to this widespread...fatalism, and the gene myth. Generic determinism was fed minimally by molecular biology...
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Determinism
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
Determinism A scientific perspective which specifies...attempted to make the distinction between determinism and indeterminism by suggesting that...were the most obvious proponents of determinism, dating back to John B. Watson , who...
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Determinism, Environmental
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Determinism, Environmental Environmental determinism proposes that physical environmental features alone cause...Strabo (c. 64 BCE – 23 CE), environmental determinism became prominent during the late 1800s of the Enlightenment...
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determinism
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
determinism Philosophical thesis that every event is the necessary result of its causes. Nothing is accidental...David Hume struggled to reconcile the two ideas. Calvin's concept of predestination is a form of determinism.
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