Associations to the word «Occasionalism»

Wiktionary

OCCASIONALISM, noun. (philosophy) A metaphysical doctrine that holds that all events are occasioned (caused) by God himself

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky