Title: Indeterminism - Wikipedia
Headings: Indeterminism
Indeterminism
Contents
Necessary but insufficient causation
Probabilistic causation
Intrinsic indeterminism versus unpredictability
Philosophy
Ancient Greek philosophy
Leucippus
Aristotle
Pyrrhonism
Epicureanism
Early modern philosophy
Modern philosophy
Charles Peirce
Arthur Holly Compton
Karl Popper
Robert Kane
Mark Balaguer
Science
Mathematics
Classical and relativistic physics
Boltzmann
Evolution and biology
Prigogine
Quantum mechanics
Cosmology
Neuroscience
Other views
See also
References
Bibliography
External links

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Indeterminism is the idea that events (or certain events, or events of certain types) are not caused, or not caused deterministically . It is the opposite of determinism and related to chance. It is highly relevant to the philosophical problem of free will, particularly in the form of libertarianism. In science, most specifically quantum theory in physics, indeterminism is the belief that no event is certain and the entire outcome of anything is probabilistic. Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and the " Born rule ", proposed by Max Born, are often starting points in support of the indeterministic nature of the universe. Indeterminism is also asserted by Sir Arthur Eddington, and Murray Gell-Mann. Indeterminism has been promoted by the French biologist Jacques Monod 's essay " Chance and Necessity ". The physicist-chemist Ilya Prigogine argued for indeterminism in complex systems . Contents
1 Necessary but insufficient causation
2 Probabilistic causation
3 Intrinsic indeterminism versus unpredictability
4 Philosophy
4.1 Ancient Greek philosophy
4.1.1 Leucippus
4.1.2 Aristotle
4.1.3 Pyrrhonism
4.1.4 Epicureanism
4.2 Early modern philosophy
4.3 Modern philosophy
4.3.1 Charles Peirce
4.3.2 Arthur Holly Compton
4.3.3 Karl Popper
4.3.4 Robert Kane
4.3.5 Mark Balaguer
5 Science
5.1 Mathematics
5.2 Classical and relativistic physics
5.3 Boltzmann
5.4 Evolution and biology
5.5 Prigogine
5.6 Quantum mechanics
5.7 Cosmology
5.8 Neuroscience
5.9 Other views
6 See also
7 References
8 Bibliography
9 External links
Necessary but insufficient causation
Further information: Necessary and sufficient conditions
Indeterminists do not have to deny that causes exist.