Fatalism

Fatalism
the view that human deliberation and actions are pointless and ineffectual in determining events, because whatever will be will be. One ancient argument, called the idle argument, went like this: "If it is fated for you to recover from your illness, then you will recover whether you call a doctor or not. Likewise, if you are fated not to recover, you will not do so even if you call a doctor. So, calling a doctor makes no difference." Arguments like this are usually rejected even by causal determinists, who may say that it may be determined that only a doctor can cure you.

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  • Fatalism — • The view which holds that all events in the history of the world, and, in particular, the actions and incidents which make up the story of each individual life, are determined by fate Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fatalism      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • fatalism — FATALÍSM s.n. Doctrină care consideră că toate evenimentele din viaţa oamenilor ar fi dinainte determinate de destin. ♦ Atitudinea omului fatalist. – Din fr. fatalisme. Trimis de RACAI, 13.01.2009. Sursa: DEX 98  FATALÍSM s. predestinare,… …   Dicționar Român

  • Fatalism — Fa tal*ism, n. [Cf. F. fatalisme.] The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fatalism — index resignation (passive acceptance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • fatalism — 1670s, from FATAL (Cf. fatal) + ISM (Cf. ism) …   Etymology dictionary

  • fatalism — [n] resignation to a fate acceptance, destinism, determinism, necessitarianism, passivity, predestinarianism, predestination, stoicism; concept 689 …   New thesaurus

  • fatalism — ► NOUN 1) the belief that all events are predetermined and inevitable. 2) a submissive attitude to events. DERIVATIVES fatalist noun fatalistic adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • fatalism — [fāt′ liz΄əm] n. 1. the belief that all events are determined by fate and, therefore, inevitable 2. acceptance of every event as inevitable fatalist n. fatalistic adj. fatalistically adv …   English World dictionary

  • Fatalism — Certainty series Agnosticism Belief Certainty Doubt Determinism Epistemology Estimation Fallibilism …   Wikipedia

  • fatalism — A system of beliefs which holds that everything has its appointed outcome, that this cannot be avoided by effort or foreknowledge, and must merely be accepted as an unavoidable fact of life. The phenomenon has been somewhat neglected by… …   Dictionary of sociology

  • fatalism — [[t]fe͟ɪtəlɪzəm[/t]] N UNCOUNT Fatalism is a feeling that you cannot control events or prevent unpleasant things from happening, especially when this feeling stops you from making decisions or making an effort. There s a certain mood of fatalism… …   English dictionary

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