Necessitarian
11necessitarian — /nəsɛsəˈtɛəriən/ (say nuhsesuh tairreeuhn) noun 1. someone who maintains that the action of the will is a necessary effect of antecedent causes (opposed to libertarian). –adjective 2. relating to necessitarians or necessitarianism …
12necessitarian — n. Philosophy, fatalist. ♦ necessitarianism, n …
13necessitarian — n. & adj. Philos. n. a person who holds that all action is predetermined and free will is impossible. adj. of or concerning such a person or theory (opp. LIBERTARIAN). Derivatives: necessitarianism n …
14Negative capability — describes the resistance to a set of institutional arrangements or a system of knowledge about the world and human experience. It explains the capacity of human beings to reject the totalizing constraints of a closed context, and to both… …
15Roberto Mangabeira Unger — Full name Roberto Mangabeira Unger Born March 24, 1947 Era Late 20th Century, Early 21st Century Main interests …
16Necessitarianism — is a metaphysical principle that denies all mere possibility; there is exactly one way for the world to be. It is the strongest member of a family of principles, including hard determinism, each of which deny free will, reasoning that human… …
17nec|es|sar|i|an — «NEHS uh SAIR ee uhn», noun, adjective. = necessitarian. (Cf. ↑necessitarian) …
18Necessarian — Nec es*sa ri*an, n. [Cf. F. n[ e]cessarien. See {Necessary}.] An advocate of the doctrine of philosophical necessity; a necessitarian. [1913 Webster] …
19-arian — noun suffix Etymology: Latin arius ary 1. believer < necessitarian > ; advocate < latitudinarian > 2. producer < disciplinarian > …
20necessitarianism — noun Date: 1854 the theory that results follow by invariable sequence from causes • necessitarian adjective or noun …
