accidentalism
1Accidentalism — is a term with several meanings.* In philosophy, it is used for any system of thought which denies the causal nexus and maintains that events succeed one another haphazardly or by chance (not in the mathematical but in the popular sense). In… …
2Accidentalism — Ac ci*den tal*ism, n. Accidental character or effect. Ruskin. [1913 Webster] …
3Accidentalism — any system of thought which denies the causal nexus and maintains that events succeed one another haphazardly or by chance (not in the mathematical but in the popular sense). In metaphysics, accidentalism denies the doctrine that everything… …
4accidentalism — accidentalist, n., adj. /ak si den tl iz euhm/, n. 1. a system of medicine based on the symptoms of a disease, disregarding its origin or cause. 2. Philos. any theory holding that some events have no causes. [1850 55; ACCIDENTAL + ISM] * * * …
5accidentalism — noun a) Accidental character or effect. b) The belief that outward appearance often contrasts with substance or essence (after Thomas Aquinas) …
6accidentalism — Theory that the flow of events is unpredictable, or for Epicureans, that mental events are specifically unpredictable. See also chaos, determinism, libertarianism, tychism …
7accidentalism — theory that events do not have causes Philosophical Isms …
8accidentalism — ac·ci·den·tal·ism …
9accidentalism — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌizəm noun ( s) : a theory in philosophy: events can or do occur without cause compare indeterminism, tychism …
10accidental — accidentalism …
