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单词 indeterminism
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indeterminismn.

/ɪndɪˈtəːmɪnɪz(ə)m/
Etymology: < in- prefix4 + determinism n. (see quot. 1874 at sense 1).
1. The philosophical theory that human action is not necessarily determined by motives, but is to some extent free.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of will > [noun] > indeterminism and its adherents
indeterminism1874
indeterminist1880
1874 W. G. Ward in Dublin Rev. Apr. Mr. Mill..calls his theory ‘determinism’; we will call our own, therefore, by the name of ‘indeterminism’.
1884 F. L. Patton in P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 2525/1 According to the tenets of indeterminism, there is no way of having a free choice, except through an infinite series of choices, or else through a theory that makes all choices fortuitous.
1886 H. Sidgwick Outl. Hist. Ethics iv. 250 In Clarke's system..Indeterminism is no doubt a cardinal notion.
2. = indeterminacy n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun] > unclear condition
obscurity1474
mist1532
cloud-lighta1536
indeterminateness1644
undistinction1647
indeterminacy1649
indistinction1651
undeterminateness1653
inestimability1678
undefinableness?1705
confusion1729
obnubilation1753
cloudiness1779
indistinctness1783
haze1790
haziness1796
vagueness1799
nebulosity1809
undefinednessa1832
undecidedness1897
indeterminism1928
fuzziness1973
smog1976
1928 Chem. Rev. 5 472 Because of the ambiguity resulting from the Heisenberg indeterminism principle, the future of a dynamical system can never be predicted with certainty.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XV. 680/1 Because h is so small, the indeterminism caused by the uncertainty principle is of no consequence in ordinary experience.
1969 R. B. Fuller Operating Man. Spaceship Earth v. 65 Heisenberg's principle of ‘indeterminism’ which recognized the experimental discovery that the act of measuring always alters that which was being measured turns experience into a continuous and never-repeatable evolutionary scenario.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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