Impossibilism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A belief in unrealizable or impractical policies. uncountable
  2. 2
    A socialist doctrine that stresses the limited value of political, economic, and social reforms within a capitalist economy, arguing that the pursuit of such reforms strengthens support for the existing system. Marxism, uncountable
  3. 3
    The view that free will does not exist and is simply impossible. uncountable

    "In the next section I examine five fatalist arguments for impossibilism and show that they all fail, and some for reasons more subtle than is usually thought."

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"In the next section I examine five fatalist arguments for impossibilism and show that they all fail, and some for reasons more subtle than is usually thought."

Etymology

From impossible + -ism.

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