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indeterminism|ɪndɪˈtɜːmɪnɪz(ə)m|
[f. in-3 + determinism (see quot. 1874).]
1. The philosophical theory that human action is not necessarily determined by motives, but is to some extent free.
1874W. G. Ward in Dublin Rev. Apr., Mr. Mill..calls his theory ‘determinism’; we will call our own, therefore, by the name of ‘indeterminism’. 1882–3F. L. Patton in Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. 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. 1886Sidgwick Hist. Ethics iv. 250 In Clarke's system..Indeterminism is no doubt a cardinal notion.
2. = indeterminacy.
1928Chem. Rev. V. 472 Because of the ambiguity resulting from the Heisenberg indeterminism principle, the future of a dynamical system can never be predicted with certainty. 1957Encycl. Brit. XV. 680/1 Because h is so small, the indeterminism caused by the uncertainty principle is of no consequence in ordinary experience. 1969R. 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. |