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Incompatibilism vs Indeterminism - What's the difference?

incompatibilism | indeterminism |

As nouns the difference between incompatibilism and indeterminism

is that incompatibilism is the doctrine that free will and determinism are incompatible, that one necessarily precludes the other while indeterminism is the doctrine that all human actions are not so much determined by the preceding events, conditions, causes or karma as by deliberate choice or free will.

incompatibilism

English

(wikipedia incompatibilism)

Noun

(-)
  • (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are incompatible, that one necessarily precludes the other.

    • Antonyms

    * compatibilism

    indeterminism

    English

    (wikipedia indeterminism)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (ethics, religion, uncountable) The doctrine that all human actions are not so much determined by the preceding events, conditions, causes or karma as by deliberate choice or free will.
  • (countable)

    • Synonyms

    * (doctrine) free will, libertarianism

    Antonyms

    * (doctrine) determinism, fatalism, predeterminism

    Derived terms

    * indeterminist * indeterministic

    Related terms

    * non-determinism

    See also

    * compatibilism * incompatibilism