indeterminist
Rejects strict causation
An indeterminist believes that not all events are caused by prior events—that some outcomes, whether in physics or human choice, are genuinely open until they occur.
The position opposes determinism, which holds that everything follows inevitably from what came before.
As an indeterminist, she believed free will was more than an illusion.
Power to act
- volitionCapacity for choice
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
- uncausedWithout preceding trigger
spontaneity · self-governance · volitional · self-caused · autarchic · moral responsibility · origination · leeway
Lack of predictable pattern
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- stochasticRandomly determined, statistically describable
- probabilisticBased on likelihood calculations
- aleatoryGoverned by chance
unpredictability · quantum mechanics · superposition · fluctuation · variability · entropy · chaos · uncertainty
Philosophy of existence's nature
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- dualismPhilosophy of opposed pairs
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
contingency · pluralism · fatalism · causation · Epicurus · William James · necessity · essence
Doctrine of inevitable outcomes
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- mechanismMeans by which something operates
- reductionismExplaining wholes through parts
- physicalismAll is matter
argument · counterargument · objection · defense · position · stance · contention
agency
Power to act
- volitionCapacity for choice
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
uncaused · spontaneity · self-governance · volitional · self-caused · autarchic · moral responsibility · origination · leeway · deliberation
randomness
Lack of predictable pattern
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- stochasticRandomly determined, statistically describable
- probabilisticBased on likelihood calculations
aleatory · unpredictability · quantum mechanics · superposition · fluctuation · variability · entropy · chaos · uncertainty · Heisenberg
metaphysics
Philosophy of existence's nature
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- dualismPhilosophy of opposed pairs
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
epistemology · contingency · pluralism · fatalism · causation · Epicurus · William James · necessity · essence · substance
fatalism
Doctrine of inevitable outcomes
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- mechanismMeans by which something operates
- reductionismExplaining wholes through parts
physicalism · argument · counterargument · objection · defense · position · stance · contention