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determinism vs. indeterminism

determinism

[ dih-tur-muh-niz-uhm ]
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

[ in-di-tur-muh-niz-uhm ]
noun
  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.