OCCASIONALISM

Etymology

Noun

occasionalism (countable and uncountable, plural occasionalisms)

(philosophy, uncountable) A metaphysical doctrine that holds that all events are occasioned (caused) by God.

(linguistics, countable) A nonce word.

Source: Wiktionary


Oc*ca"sion*al*ism, n. (Metaph.)

Definition: The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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