The contradictory of determinism; that is, the theory that at least some events have no cause.
An alternative formulation is that some event could, or might, have been different even if everything in the universe up to the time of its occurrence had been the same. (Here there are problems about the interpretation of ‘could’ and ‘might’.)
Indeterminism has been claimed mainly for quantum events in physics and for human acts of free will, where incompatibilists (see: compatibilism) think it indispensable.
Attempts have been made to use the indeterminism of quantum phenomena to ground that of human actions, but objections have been raised that more is needed if actions are to be more than random occurrences.
Also see: libertarianism
Source:
G E M Anscombe, ‘Causality and Determination’, reprinted in E Sosa, ed., Causation and Conditionals (1975))
Table of Contents
- 1 Videos
- 2 Related Products
- 2.1 Indeterminism
- 2.2 The Open Universe: An Argument for Indeterminism From the Postscript to The Logic of Scientific Discovery
- 2.3 Indeterminism
- 2.4 Indeterminism
- 2.5 Dynamics and indeterminism in Developmental and Social Processes
- 2.6 Determinism, Indeterminism, and Libertarianism: An Inaugural Lecture
- 2.7 Explaining Free Will: A New Approach Using Independence Indeterminism a Novel Naturalistic Metaphysics for an Open Creative Universe
- 2.8 Nuel Belnap on Indeterminism and Free Action (Outstanding Contributions to Logic (2))
- 2.9 Statistical Mechanics and Scientific Explanation:Determinism, Indeterminism and Laws of Nature
- 2.10 Freedom, Indeterminism, and Fallibilism (Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism)
Videos
The Open Universe: An Argument for Indeterminism From the Postscript to The Logic of Scientific Discovery
- POPPER, KARL (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 212 Pages - 04/10/1992 (Publication Date) - Routledge (Publisher)
Determinism, Indeterminism, and Libertarianism: An Inaugural Lecture
- Cambridge University Press
- Broad, C. D. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 54 Pages - 07/28/2016 (Publication Date) - Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
Explaining Free Will: A New Approach Using Independence Indeterminism a Novel Naturalistic Metaphysics for an Open Creative Universe
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Elstob, Michael (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 342 Pages - 12/02/2018 (Publication Date)
Nuel Belnap on Indeterminism and Free Action (Outstanding Contributions to Logic (2))
- Hardcover Book
- English (Publication Language)
- 415 Pages - 04/03/2014 (Publication Date) - Springer (Publisher)
Statistical Mechanics and Scientific Explanation:Determinism, Indeterminism and Laws of Nature
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Valia Allori (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 664 Pages - 04/22/2020 (Publication Date) - World Scientific Publishing Company (Publisher)
Freedom, Indeterminism, and Fallibilism (Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism)
- Hardcover Book
- Frederick, Danny (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 274 Pages - 08/30/2020 (Publication Date) - Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
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