Causalism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The doctrine that actions have a direct cause, especially that people's actions are caused by their mental state at the time. countable, uncountable

    "11 Since Donald Davidson’s “Actions, Reasons, and Causes” ( 1963 ), causalism about action explanations has been widely accepted (and perennially contested)."

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"11 Since Donald Davidson’s “Actions, Reasons, and Causes” ( 1963 ), causalism about action explanations has been widely accepted (and perennially contested)."

Etymology

From causal + -ism.

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