deterministn.adj.
A. n.
One who holds the doctrine of determinism.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > [noun] > doctrine of necessity > one who maintains
necessarian1777
necessitarian1783
necessist1873
determinist1874
1874 St. G. Mivart in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 784 The objections of our modern Determinists.
1881 Spectator 30 Apr. 574 He is an Agnostic and a Determinist, with no reserves.
1887 J. C. Morrison Service of Man ix. 298 The determinist is not less but more resolute in teaching morality than his free-will opponent.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to the theory of determinism.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > [adjective] > relating to doctrine of necessity
necessitarian1739
necessarian1778
determinist1851
necessist1873
deterministic1874
1851 H. L. Mansel Prolegomena Logica App. 309 I believe the scheme of liberty is inconceivable only if the determinist argument is unanswerable.
1874 H. Sidgwick Methods of Ethics v. 55 A Determinist scheme of morality.
1885 R. H. Hutton in Contemp. Rev. Mar. 388 The necessarian or determinist theory of human action.
1887 T. Fowler Princ. Morals ii. ix. 308 The theory of Hobbes [on Volition] may most appropriately be called Determinist. The actions of men, he holds, are, like all other events, determined, and determined wholly, by antecedent circumstances..The will is ‘the last desire in deliberation’, and our desires are the necessary result of their various antecedents.
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