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 Determinism, Indeterminism, and Libertarianism: An Inaugural Lecture
- 2.2 Indeterminism
- 2.3 The Open Universe: An Argument for Indeterminism From the Postscript to The Logic of Scientific Discovery
- 2.4 Indeterminism
- 2.5 Indeterminism
- 2.6 Determinism and Indeterminism in Modern Physics: Historical and Systematic Studies of the Problem of Causality
- 2.7 Consciousness And the basic Psychology of the Individual : An essay
- 2.8 The Concept of Indeterminism and Its Applications: Economics, Social Systems, Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, and Aesthetics
- 2.9 Dynamics and indeterminism in Developmental and Social Processes
- 2.10 Nuel Belnap on Indeterminism and Free Action (Outstanding Contributions to Logic Book 2)
Videos
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)
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 and Indeterminism in Modern Physics: Historical and Systematic Studies of the Problem of Causality
- Hardcover Book
- Cassirer, Ernst. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 227 Pages - 01/01/1956 (Publication Date) - Yale University Press (Publisher)
Consciousness And the basic Psychology of the Individual : An essay
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- M, Elijah (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 7 Pages - 03/26/2020 (Publication Date)
Nuel Belnap on Indeterminism and Free Action (Outstanding Contributions to Logic Book 2)
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- English (Publication Language)
- 409 Pages - 03/21/2014 (Publication Date) - Springer (Publisher)
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