occasionalism
a theory that there is no natural interaction between mind and matter, but that God makes mental events correspond to physical perceptions and actions.
Origin of occasionalism
1Other words from occasionalism
- oc·ca·sion·al·ist, noun
- oc·ca·sion·al·is·tic, adjective
Words Nearby occasionalism
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How to use occasionalism in a sentence
This principle was prominent in the philosophy of occasionalism, and is still by no means extinct.
Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays | Bertrand Russelloccasionalism appeared to introduce God that he might make physical matter do what it had no natural tendency to do, viz.
Theodicy | G. W. Leibnizoccasionalism, or the doctrine that God is the immediate cause of all men's actions.
Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker | Meletios GoldenMany, alarmed at the consequences which occasionalism would seem to involve, have embraced an opposite scheme.
Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker | Meletios GoldenIt results from the occasionalism attributed by Dewey to the thinking process.
John Dewey's logical theory | Delton Thomas Howard
British Dictionary definitions for occasionalism
/ (əˈkeɪʒənəˌlɪzəm) /
the post-Cartesian theory that the seeming interconnection of mind and matter is effected by God
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