Meanings
nouncausalism (countable and uncountable, plural causalisms)
plural causalisms
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe doctrine that actions have a direct cause, especially that people's actions are caused by their mental state at the time.
11 Since Donald Davidson’s “Actions, Reasons, and Causes” ( 1963 ), causalism about action explanations has been widely accepted (and perennially contested).
2007 March 6, Andrew Sneddon, “The depths and shallows of psychological externalism”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 138, number 3, →DOI
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Catalan causalisme
- causalismesocial system
Czech kauzalismus
- kauzalismussocial system
Dutch causalisme
- causalismesocial system
French causalisme
- causalismesocial system
German Kausalismus
- Kausalismussocial system
Italian causalismo
- causalismosocial system
Portuguese nacionalitismo
- nacionalitismosocial system
Spanish causalismo
- causalismosocial system
Swedish causalism
- causalismsocial system
Turkish Ülkücülük
- Ülkücülüksocial system
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