单词 | tychism |
释义 | tychism/ˈtʌɪkɪz(ə)m /noun [mass noun] Philosophy The doctrine that account must be taken of the element of chance in reasoning or explanation of the universe.Addressing this paradox, Robert Caserio employs the concept of ‘tychism’ (from the Greek tyche, meaning law of chance) to shed light on the novel and on major intellectual movements in England in the first half of the twentieth century....
OriginLate 19th century: from Greek tukhē 'chance' + -ism. |
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