Associations to the word «Determinism»

Wiktionary

DETERMINISM, noun. (ethics) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.
DETERMINISM, noun. (computing) The property of having behavior determined only by initial state and input.

Dictionary definition

DETERMINISM, noun. (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca