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determinism

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determinism has definition The doctrine that all events are the predictable effects of prior causes. has source: Ferris, T. 1988 Coming of Age in the Milky Way, Morrow, 2001-09-27 09:34:05.0
is a kind of doctrine

Kinds of determinism :

Laplacian determinism (2 facts) - Clockwork conception of the universe in which complete knowledge of the state of the universe at one moment completely determines its state at all future and past moments.

determinism	has definition The doctrine that all events are the predictable effects of prior causes.
determinism	is a kind of doctrine