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A system can be deterministic at a micro-level and indeterministic at a macro-one.

From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2019

It doesn’t make sense to ask whether a given system is deterministic or indeterministic simpliciter.

From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2019

But it’s the laws of physics, not the laws of humans, that ensure the universe remains rational, even if it is indeterministic.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2017

Needless to say that Hempel's approach did not get us nearer to solving the problems of causal priority and of indeterministic causation.

From Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema by Vaknin, Samuel

For the only consistent way of representing a pluralism and a world whose parts may affect one another through their conduct being either good or bad is the indeterministic way.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William