Meanings
adjectivesoft determinist (comparative more soft determinist, superlative most soft determinist)
comparative more soft determinist · superlative most soft determinist
nounsoft determinist (plural soft determinists)
plural soft determinists
- human sciencesSynonym of compatibilist.
After all, the soft determinist says that we can have determinism and free will, too.
2009, Michael Leming, Raymond De Vries, Brendan Furnish, editors, The Sociological Perspective: A Value-Committed Introduction, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 48Synonyms: compatibilist
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of compatibilist.
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