indeterminism

Meanings

Plural: indeterminisms

Noun

• The doctrine that all human actions are not so much determined by the preceding events, conditions, causes or karma as by deliberate choice or free will.
• A case in which the uncertainty principle applies; a case in which certain pairs of physical properties such as the position and momentum of a particle cannot be known simultaneously.
• Any situation in which the outcome cannot be completely predicted in advance.
• A situation in which there are multiple valid options for next step in a process.

Synonyms

free will, libertarianism

Antonyms

determinism, fatalism, predeterminism, uncertainty

Related Words

compatibilism, incompatibilism, non-determinism