Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hard determinism

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: hard de-ter-min-ism
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A view on free will which holds that determinism is true, that it is incompatible with free will, and therefore that free will does not exist.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Moreover, suggestions that compatibilists can refute hard determinism on non-semantic grounds are misguided, building more into hard determinism than an adherent of this view needs to accept. […] Hard determinism merely claims that our actions are brought about by genetics and environment, and that this rules out control."

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

hard determinist

Frequently Paired Words

hard determinist

Synonyms

incompatibilism metaphysical determinism strict determinism

Antonyms

compatibilism soft determinism

Questions

What does hard determinism mean?: A view on free will which holds that determinism is true, that it is incompatible with free will, and therefore that free will does not exist.

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