determinism

The view that every event is fixed by earlier events together with the laws of nature, so that given the past, only one future is possible.

Also written: determinist, deterministic

Where it comes up

Mathematics

Biology

Read about determinism on Wikipedia

Sources

  1. Causal Determinism Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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