I think self-determinism is also a fundamental right. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Iran and the Shortcomings of International Human Rights Law] Reference
To endorse such determinism is itself a form of stereotyping and bigotry. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Rules for Gay Republicans And Others] Reference
The IQ determinism is read into it, he is talking about averages and probabilities. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Murray on Education, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
I agree with you, and the notion of biological determinism is a sticky one when it comes to mothering. From Wordnik.com. [It’s My Motherhood, And I’ll Celebrate It If I Want To | Her Bad Mother] Reference
Man, Benjamin Franklin said in an apparent defense of Hobbesian determinism, is "a tool-making animal.". From Wordnik.com. [Was Democracy Just a Moment?] Reference
Pinker then goes on to embrace the word determinism for some conditions -- he gives Huntington's disease as an example. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius in All of Us] Reference
George Bridges says that the logical conclusion of that old doctrine is what philosophers call determinism -- Calvinistic predestination. From Wordnik.com. [The Inside of the Cup — Complete] Reference
That seemed reasonable at first pass, but then I did a bit of a double take: What would it mean, exactly, to “act as if determinism is true”?. From Wordnik.com. [What Would a Determinist Choose to Do?] Reference
(For more on the notion of determinism, see the entry on causal determinism.). From Wordnik.com. [Prophecy] Reference
Melia (1999) also criticises the notion of determinism employed by Earman and Norton. From Wordnik.com. [Structural Realism] Reference
It's been t ransparent to most, I think, that the notion of determinism removes moral onus. From Wordnik.com. [Biblical Christianity] Reference
One is reminded of Chesterton: Mr. McCabe thinks me a slave because I am not allowed to believe in determinism. From Wordnik.com. [The Dangers of Architectural Positivism] Reference
That’s absurd; for instance I also don’t act as if determinism is true, but citing that doesn’t settle the matter. From Wordnik.com. [What Would a Determinist Choose to Do?] Reference
They've formulated the idea of instantaneous exchange of force particles – hidden variables – that lets them salvage belief-in determinism. From Wordnik.com. [Are Changes Brewing and How Does the Mind Fit In?] Reference
And genetic determinism is one of those cases. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Scientists’ Openness to the Possibility of Genetic Differences in Mental Traits Among Racial and Ethnic Groups] Reference
And the script writers don't know what "determinism" is. From Wordnik.com. [On Knowing] Reference
They rely upon some kind of determinism, physical, biological, technological or social. From Wordnik.com. [Energy and Society~ Chapter 13~ The Enlargement and Concentration of Political Power] Reference
"There seems to be a kind of determinism that you must repudiate the U.S.," says Aguayo. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico: Ready For Prime Time?] Reference
It makes me feel that I. have surrendered to a kind of determinism, which imitates me even more. From Wordnik.com. [Trumps of Doom]
Anybody can see that, as a matter of fact, that genes do not control their creations in the strong sense criticized as 'determinism'. From Wordnik.com. [Carroll and the ancient genetic tool kit] Reference
This kind of determinism is neither justified, nor justifiable. From Wordnik.com. [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference
Nor should the scare word "determinism" get in the way of understanding our genetic roots. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius in All of Us] Reference
If someone suggests that X gene causes Y condition, what better word for that is there than "determinism"?. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius in All of Us] Reference
There’s a consistency to this narrative that I find troubling, possible evidence of a cultural determinism which is untenable, historically. From Wordnik.com. [Dewey In Japan] Reference
Economic determinism does not explain the rules we have. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
The postulates of astrology imply an absolute determinism. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Here I begin despite myself, to yield to the doctrine of historical determinism. From Wordnik.com. [In the Jaws of Kronos, scene 4] Reference
Economic determinism, the idea that everything follows economic interests, has its limits. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican Standoff] Reference
"It's puzzling that determinism is so attractive to so many people," says UCSF's Merzenich. From Wordnik.com. [When Does Your Brain Stop Making New Neurons?] Reference
Is determinism even a relevant starting point, bound, as I am, by the Chain of Dependant Causation?. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Mr. Cigarette] Reference
Few laypeople understand that neurological nihilism and genetic determinism have been so discredited. From Wordnik.com. [When Does Your Brain Stop Making New Neurons?] Reference
Turner's concluding paragraph is, however, a gem of economic determinism and bears repeating in full. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography] Reference
This process was not -- let me stress -- was not a simple process of economic determinism or industry conspiracy. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
The late Professor James makes a valiant attempt to solve the 'dilemma of determinism' by resorting to the idea of. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics] Reference
Hearon has assigned to Eben one of her own favorite themes, free will versus determinism, but she plays it out in all her characters. From Wordnik.com. [Reports From The Heartland] Reference
Historical determinism has made historians obsolete, there being nothing left to say once the processes are known, the end explained. From Wordnik.com. [In the Jaws of Kronos, scene 4] Reference
The fact that they, lovers of "the things of the spirit," are socialists proves that they believe, albeit unconsciously, in economic determinism. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism: Positive and Negative] Reference
I am addressing those who are primarily interested for the moment in criminology, I may do well to begin with the subject of psychic determinism. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Forensic Psychiatry] Reference
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