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determinism vs. indeterminism

determinism

noun

  1. the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.

  2. the doctrine that all events, including human choices and decisions, have sufficient causes.

indeterminism

noun

Philosophy.

  1. the doctrine that human actions, though influenced somewhat by preexisting psychological and other conditions, are not entirely governed by them but retain a certain freedom and spontaneity.

  2. the theory that the will is to some extent independent of the strength of motives, or may itself modify their strength in choice.