Indeterminism

Word INDETERMINISM
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Definitions and meanings of "Indeterminism"

What do we mean by indeterminism?

Unpredictability. noun

The doctrine that there are some events, particularly some human actions or decisions, which have no cause. noun

The doctrine that, though the will is somewhat influenced by motives, it is not entirely governed by them, but has a certain freedom and spontaneity. noun

The doctrine that all human actions are not so much determined by the preceding events, conditions, causes or karma as by deliberate choice or free will. noun

The doctrine that all human actions are not so much determined by the preceding events, conditions, causes or karma as by deliberate choice or free will.

A case in which the uncertainty principle applies; a case in which certain pairs of physical properties such as the position and momentum of a particle cannot be known simultaneously.

Any situation in which the outcome cannot be completely predicted in advance.

A situation in which there are multiple valid options for next step in a process.

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The word "indeterminism" in example sentences

Professor Koch told BBC News that "it is entirely possible that 'indeterminism' - under certain conditions - is a useful trait - but not usually: when you drive your car at high speeds down the freeway, you want to be highly deterministic." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Thus the indeterminism is a direct product of the substantivalist viewpoint. ❋ Norton, John D. (2008)

If there is a breakdown of determinism in chaotic systems, that can only occur if there is some kind of indeterminism introduced such that the property of unique evolution is rendered false ❋ Bishop, Robert (2008)

The evidence is even less decisive with respect to whether there is the kind of indeterminism located in exactly the places required by one or another incompatibilist account. ❋ Clarke, Randolph (2008)

Even many humans stopped attending to grammatical gender, word endings were dropped, declinations disappeared; our golden youth neglected to say r properly and learned to lisp; few educated people were any longer certain what was meant by 'indeterminism' or ❋ Unknown (2006)

I wonder if determinism and indeterminism represent two explanatory categories into which so much can be fit that we are too quick to assume that these categories are all-encompassing. ❋ Ph.D Karl Giberson (2011)

Between the determinism understood so clearly on one end of the spectrum, and the quantum indeterminism on the other -- neither of which can accommodate any meaningful concept of free will -- lies a theoretical no-man's land where those two incompatible aspects of our world overlap. ❋ Ph.D Karl Giberson (2011)

To hold a belief in a libertarian freewill is to hold to an indeterminism at a much higher level than the quantum mechanical, namely, the neural. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There is to date zero evidence for indeterminism at this level, so, no matter what confused introspection might say, the prospect of a libertarian freewill is quite grim. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some readers may object to our use of the term “free will” to describe the indeterminism of particle responses. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The indeterminism of what is ‘rational’ cuts both ways, consumers and companies all the way up to regulators. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And it is not clear what difference quantum indeterminism makes in these issues – that is the topic of another thread entirely. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The indeterminism of what is ‘rational’ cuts both ways, consumers and companies all the way up to regulators.scattergoodQuote ❋ Unknown (2010)

Would you say that ID rests on "physical indeterminism" It appears that unless one accepts your idea that some things happen without being "physically constrained" (which you can't demonstrate) then the notion that "purpose and foresight" can be tested falls apart. ❋ Unknown (2008)

First, again, this is complicated by the fact that physicalism does not actually determinism at all scales, because of quantum indeterminism. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Fundamental uncertainty is introduced both by our limited understanding of human and ecological processes, and by the intrinsic indeterminism of complex dynamic systems that characterize the environment. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If we are to teach the controversy in this case so to speak then why not do it with all science. moon landing real vs moon landing fake gravity as a separate force, vs gravity as electro-magnetism earth solid vs hollow earth astronomy vs astrology quantum indeterminism vs the natural ontological attitude spherical vs hyperbolic universe ❋ Unknown (2007)

For Popper, metaphysical and historical indeterminism go hand in hand. ❋ Daniel Little (2009)

Troy Camplin writes: "The indeterminism of quantum physics is erased at macrophysical levels." ❋ Unknown (2009)

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