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What does determinism mean?

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Noun
  1. (ethics) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.
  2. (computing) The property of having behavior determined only by initial state and input.
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Wonderland's dottiness is infinitely more suited to theatre than the determinism of the Looking-Glass world.
So, to come to the point, there will also be room for some hesitancy about determinism and freedom.
One scientist first accepted the Epicurean objection to determinism, and then changed his mind.
Kant's attempt to reconcile determinism and freedom involves placing us in two different realms.
If determinism is true, then our acts are the consequences of the laws of nature and events in the remote past.
That is not to say general-purpose functionality and real-time determinism cannot be achieved simultaneously.

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