Determinism is the philosophical view that all events in the universe, including human decisions and actions, are causally inevitable. Deterministic theories...
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Free will (redirect from Free will and determinism)
incompatible with determinism is called incompatibilism and encompasses both metaphysical libertarianism (the claim that determinism is false and thus...
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Technological determinism is a reductionist theory in assuming that a society's technology progresses by following its own internal logic of efficiency...
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Environmental determinism (also known as climatic determinism or geographical determinism) is the study of how the physical environment predisposes societies...
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Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine...
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Biological determinism, also known as genetic determinism, is the belief that human behaviour is directly controlled by an individual's genes or some component...
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Theological determinism is a form of predeterminism which states that all events that happen are pre-ordained, and/or predestined to happen, by one or...
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Hard determinism (or metaphysical determinism) is a view on free will which holds that determinism is true, that it is incompatible with free will, and...
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Historical determinism Linguistic determinism Logical determinism Retrospective determinism Theological determinism Psychological determinism Cultural determinism...
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Cultural determinism is the belief that the culture in which we are raised determines who we are at emotional and behavioral levels. It contrasts with...
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