determinism
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The effect is to make this historical re-enactment read like an allegory of determinism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Though demographic determinism has a long history, in recent decades it perhaps has been most widely associated in the investment arena with financial analyst and author Harry Dent.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Cook, a polyglot who can speak six languages, has also been well served by nominative determinism: She is the founder and CEO of the Cook School Cooking School.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
So much for the work of Pierre-Simon Laplace, the French mathematician, philosopher and king of determinism.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
The great philosopher and archaeologist R. G. Collingwood proposed a fairly straightforward technological determinism: new machines encourage new ways of thinking.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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