(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
双语例句
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.