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overdetermination MATH

nadokreśloność f

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In the best of their poetry, they went beyond and broke completely free of the colonial overdetermination of their generation. thenationonlineng.net

Overdetermination is in contrast to underdetermination, when the number or strength of causes is insufficient. en.wikipedia.org

If mental properties are causally efficacious, they must either be identical to physical properties, or there must be widespread overdetermination. en.wikipedia.org

Yet this implies that mental events can have two causes (physical and mental), a situation which apparently results in overdetermination (redundant causes), and denies strong causal closure. en.wikipedia.org

Used as a pejorative, it is normally meant to designate an overdetermination of present possibilities by historical conditions. en.wikipedia.org

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