Meaning Of The Word Occasionalism
What's the definition of Occasionalism? Find Occasionalism meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.
Occasionalism Meaning
| Occasionalism Definition |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Occasionalism?
occasionalism in American English
in post-Cartesian philosophy, the doctrine that, since mind and matter cannot interact, the intervention of God is required to synchronize corresponding acts of mind and movements of the body noun: a theory that there is no natural interaction between mind and matter, but that God makes mental events correspond to physical perceptions and actions occasionalism in British English noun: the post-Cartesian theory that the seeming interconnection of mind and matter is effected by God |
More Definitions
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Definitions Of The Day
- Play merry hell with something ‐ to have a bad effect on something or to cause…
- Lotto ‐ a game resembling bingo; noun: a children's game…
- Exarate ‐ adjective: (of the pupa of such insects as ants…
- Sermon on the Mount ‐ the sermon delivered by Jesus to his disciples:…
- Tibouchina ‐ noun: a member of the genus Tibouchina, which…
- Rocket scientist ‐ a scientist specializing in rocketry; countable…
- Flying bridge ‐ a small, often open structure over the main bridge…
- Longyearbyen ‐ noun: a village on Spitsbergen island, administrative…
- Empassioned ‐ adjective; adjective:…
- Sympathy ‐ sameness of feeling; affinity between persons…