tychismn.
/ˈtʌɪkɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈtaɪˌkɪzəm/ The doctrine that objective account must be taken of the element of chance in (philosophical, cosmological, etc.) reasoning.
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thirdnessc1875
predesignation1883
tychism1892
interpretantc1905
icona1914
qualisigna1914
Peirce's Law1934
1892 C. S. Peirce in Monist 2 533 I endeavored to show what ideas ought to form the warp of a system of philosophy, and particularly emphasised that of absolute chance..which it will be convenient to christen tychism (from τυχη, chance).
1913 Hastings's Encycl. Relig. & Ethics VI. 125/2 The world is an ἄπειρον, and chance governs all... This ‘Tychism’, however, errs in overlooking the persistence of character.
1926 J. Laird Study Moral Theory viii. 173 The theory that every event..is necessary (or must occur precisely as it does occur) I shall call determinism... The opposite theory I shall call tychism, such tychism being either general or restricted.
1978 Sci. Amer. July 18/1 At a time when determinism dominated physics Peirce's doctrine of ‘tychism’ maintained that pure chance—events undetermined by prior causes—are basic to the universe.
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