causationist

plural causationists

1. human sciencesOne who believes in a first cause.

   That which is "morally good (correct, right)" will have the same meaning, in most cases, for the Causationist ( or Determinist ) as it does for the Libertarian or Compatibilist .

   1982, Lenore Kuo, Causationism: A Theory Regarding the Freedom of Human Action, page 147

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   As a "causationist," Emerson believes that there is "not a weak or cracked link in the chain that joins the first and last of things," and he defines "causality," therefore, as "strict connexion between every pulse-beat and the principle of being" ("Power,", CW 6:29).

   2016, Joseph Urbas, Emerson's Metaphysics: A Song of Laws and Causes, page xxiii

1. Pertaining to causationism.

   However , the inability to incorporate such a view of " the good " into a Causationist analysis of morality is not a problem for Causationism.

   1982, Lenore Kuo, Causationism: A Theory Regarding the Freedom of Human Action, page 148

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   Emerson's doctrine of the Soul, which the Divinity School Address opposes to that of the Church, is also causationist, since the soul " causes " and speaks to us in one language only " that of cause and effect " ( CW 2:37 , 168 ) .

   2016, Joseph Urbas, Emerson's Metaphysics: A Song of Laws and Causes, page 158

2. Pertaining to a belief that something (violent behavior, neurosis, etc) is caused by specific social conditions (violent media, poor parenting, etc).

   That ecological trend adhered to causationist arguments.

   2013, David Pilgrim, Ann McCranie, Recovery and Mental Health: A Critical Sociological Account, page 162

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   The communication and social theorists Tom Grimes, James Anderson and Lori Bergen have named the core assertion of this science the "causationist hypothesis”; that is, that simply viewing, reading, or listening to violent media is sufficient to cause aggressive or violent attitudes or behaviors in media consumers, especially if they are children (2008).

   2018, Patrick Lee Plaisance, Communication and Media Ethics, page 256