Definition of tychism in English:
tychism
noun ˈtʌɪkɪz(ə)mˈtīkˌizəm
mass nounPhilosophy The doctrine that account must be taken of the element of chance in reasoning or explanation of the universe.
Example sentencesExamples
- My paper gives an account of the development of Peirce's views on probability, and of the seminal role these views played both in his ethical grounding of logic, and in tychism, his doctrine of absolute chance.
- Addressing this paradox, Robert Caserio employs the concept of ‘tychism’ (from the Greek tyche, meaning law of chance) to shed light on the novel and on major intellectual movements in England in the first half of the twentieth century.
- Turning to a more specific relationship between Peirce and Aristotle regarding this issue, the mature view of Peirce comprises two fundamental doctrines of tychism and synechism.
- The last essay demonstrates the results of applying tychism and exchangeability to agricultural economics.
- This collection focuses primarily on Peirce's realism, pragmatism, and theism, with attention to his tychism and synechism.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Greek tukhē 'chance' + -ism.