determinism

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So much for the work of Pierre-Simon Laplace, the French mathematician, philosopher and king of determinism.

From New York Times

The idea that people grow up to embody their names is a phenomenon called "nominative determinism", Ms Kihm said.

From BBC

"A strictly climate determinism perspective is limiting and distorts reality."

From Salon

For fellow adherents of determinism — the belief that it’s impossible for a person in any situation to have acted differently than they did — Sapolsky’s scientific defense of the cause is welcome.

From Los Angeles Times

Where the first season was an examination of predestination and an identity reset for its namesake hero, these new episodes play with determinism – the theory that all our actions are inevitable.

From Salon