occasionalism
noun
a theory that there is no natural interaction between mind and matter, but that God makes mental events correspond to physical perceptions and actions.
occasionalistic
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a word derived from
occasionalism.
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These inconsistencies also are removed by the occasionalistic thesis.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg
The occasionalistic theory certainly constitutes the preliminary step to the Leibnitzian; but an essential difference separates the two.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg
The principle ubi nihil vales, ibi nihil velis, forms the connection between the occasionalistic metaphysics and ethics, the latter deducing the practical consequences of the former.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg
