causalism

English

Etymology

From causal +‎ -ism.

Noun

causalism (countable and uncountable, plural causalisms)

1. (philosophy) The doctrine that actions have a direct cause, especially that people's actions are caused by their mental state at the time
   • 2007 March 6, Andrew Sneddon, “The depths and shallows of psychological externalism”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 138, number 3, →DOI:

     11 Since Donald Davidson’s “Actions, Reasons, and Causes” ( 1963 ), causalism about action explanations has been widely accepted (and perennially contested).

Usage notes

Do not confuse causalism (philosophy of causes) with casualism (philosophy of chance).

Derived terms

• causalist

Translations

social system

• Catalan: causalisme m
• Czech: kauzalismus m
• Dutch: causalisme n
• French: causalisme (fr) f
• German: Kausalismus
• Italian: causalismo m
• Portuguese: nacionalitismo m
• Spanish: causalismo m
• Swedish: causalism c
• Turkish: Ülkücülük

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