Determinism
[dɪ'tɜːmɪnɪz(ə)m] or [dɪ'tɝmɪnɪzəm]
解释:
(noun.) (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will.
整理:贾丝廷--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives.
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例句:
- Of course you will find plenty of socialists who see other issues and who smile a bit at the rigors of economic determinism. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- All over the world socialists are breaking away from the stultifying influence of the outworn determinism. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Economic determinism has been an antidote to mere preaching of goodness, to hero-worship and political quackery. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- He may talk as if there were an iron determinism, but his practice is better than his preachment. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Whatever your philosophy, when you come to the test of actual facts you find, I think, all grades of freedom and determinism. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Take an ancient quarrel like that over determinism. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
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