Compatibilist

//kəmˈpætɪbəlɪst// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A supporter of compatibilism.

    "Moreover, suggestions that compatibilists can refute hard determinism on non-semantic grounds are misguided, building more into hard determinism than an adherent of this view needs to accept."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to or supporting compatibilism, the belief that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.

    "Such a reply is not, however, in the spirit of the compatibilist strategy of interest here."

Synonyms

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soft deterministsoft determinist

Example

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"Such a reply is not, however, in the spirit of the compatibilist strategy of interest here."

Etymology

From compatible + -ist.

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