bì​rán​lùn

determinism

  • created sense approved 必然论/必然論 · bì​rán​lùn · determinism — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    必然论 / 必然論

    bì​rán​lùn

    determinism

    the philosophical doctrine that all events, including human action, are ultimately determined by causes regarded as external to the will

    必然 (literal) → 必然 · bì​rán · necessity 论 (literal) → 论/論 · lùn · theory

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense