Definition of "non-determinism" [non-determinism]

• Dependence on factors other than initial state and input. (noun)
• Being non-deterministic; involving arbitrary choices; necessitating the choice between various indistinguishable possibilities. (noun)

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• "Physicist Paul Davies suggests there is "free will" in math because of non-computable numbers and incompleteness in math, thus it should not be surprising there are pockets of non-determinism in physics."
• "As far as the issues of morality and non-determinism go, the Communist regimes cited above largely took those away from their subjects."
• "But non-determinism needs to be examined in light of the type of mechanisms you've discovered – such as the quantum calculators in life that appear to be universally requisite to life."