Definition of "indeterminism" [indeterminism]

• Unpredictability. (noun)
• Philosophy The doctrine that there are some events, particularly some human actions or decisions, which have no cause. (noun)

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• "Professor Koch told BBC News that "it is entirely possible that 'indeterminism' - under certain conditions - is a useful trait - but not usually: when you drive your car at high speeds down the freeway, you want to be highly deterministic.""
• "Thus the indeterminism is a direct product of the substantivalist viewpoint."
• "If there is a breakdown of determinism in chaotic systems, that can only occur if there is some kind of indeterminism introduced such that the property of unique evolution is rendered false"