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: 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. It is a metaphysical principle that denies all mere possibility; there is exactly one way for the world to be. Leucippus claimed there were no uncaused events, and that everything occurs for a reason and by necessity. Predeterminism
Predeterminism is the idea that all events are determined in advance. The concept is often argued by invoking causal determinism, implying that there is an unbroken chain of prior occurrences stretching back to the origin of the universe.