Title: Determinism - Wikipedia
Headings: Determinism
Determinism
Contents
Varieties
Causal determinism
Nomological determinism
Necessitarianism
Predeterminism
Biological determinism
Fatalism
Theological determinism
Logical determinism
Adequate determinism
Many-worlds
Philosophical varieties
Determinism in nature/nurture controversy
Determinism and prediction
Structural determinism
With free will
With the soul
With ethics and morality
History
Western tradition
Newtonian mechanics
Eastern tradition
Buddhism
Modern scientific perspective
Generative processes
Compatibility with the existence of science
Mathematical models
Quantum and classical mechanics
Day-to-day physics
Quantum realm
Other matters of quantum determinism
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

Content: The relation between events may not be specified, nor the origin of that universe. Causal determinists believe that there is nothing in the universe that is uncaused or self-caused . Causal determinism has also been considered more generally as the idea that everything that happens or exists is caused by antecedent conditions. In the case of nomological determinism, these conditions are considered events also, implying that the future is determined completely by preceding events—a combination of prior states of the universe and the laws of nature. Yet they can also be considered metaphysical of origin (such as in the case of theological determinism). Many philosophical theories of determinism frame themselves with the idea that reality follows a sort of predetermined path. Nomological determinism
Nomological determinism, generally synonymous with physical determinism (its opposite being physical indeterminism ), the most common form of causal determinism, is the notion that the past and the present dictate the future entirely and necessarily by rigid natural laws, that every occurrence results inevitably from prior events. Nomological determinism is sometimes illustrated by the thought experiment of Laplace's demon. Nomological determinism is sometimes called scientific determinism, although that is a misnomer. Necessitarianism
Necessitarianism is closely related to the causal determinism described above.