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in·de·ter·min·ism

(ĭn′dĭ-tûr′mə-nĭz′əm)

1. Unpredictability.

2. Philosophy The doctrine that there are events, particularly free human actions or decisions, that have no cause or are not caused deterministically.

in′de·ter′min·ist n.

in′de·ter′min·is′tic adj.

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indeterminism

(ˌɪndɪˈtɜːmɪˌnɪzəm)

(Philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that behaviour is not entirely determined by motives

ˌindeˈterminist n, adj

ˌindeˌterminˈistic adj

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in•de•ter•min•ism

(ˌɪn dɪˈtɜr məˌnɪz əm)

n.

a theory that human actions, though influenced by preexisting conditions, are not entirely governed by them.

[1870–75]

in`de•ter′min•ist, n., adj.

indeterminism

the quality of not being clearly established or fixed. — indeterminist, n. — indeterministic, adj.

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(44) Bobzien maintains that Diodorus doesn't preclude contingency even though "it doesn't follow that because of this his modal theory is also indeterministic." Bobzien, Determinism and Freedom, 105.