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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin