Determinism vs Materialism - What's the difference?
determinism | materialism |
(ethics) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.
(computing) The property of having behavior determined only by initial state and input.
Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
* Buckminster
(philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.
(obsolete, rare) Material substances in the aggregate; matter.
As nouns the difference between determinism and materialism
is that determinism is the doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice while materialism is constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.determinism
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* fatalismAntonyms
* indeterminismSee also
* compatibilism * incompatibilismmaterialism
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(wikipedia materialism)Noun
- The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus.
