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causationist

causationist noun: one who believes in a first cause.

Noun

causationist (plural causationists)

  1. One who believes in a first cause.
    • That which is "morally good (correct, right)" will have the same meaning, in most cases, for the Causationist ( or Determinist ) as it does for the Libertarian or Compatibilist .1982, Lenore Kuo, Causationism: A Theory Regarding the Freedom of Human Action, page 147
    • As a "causationist," Emerson believes that there is "not a weak or cracked link in the chain that joins the first and last of things," and he defines "causality," therefore, as "strict connexion between every pulse-beat and the principle of being" ("Power,", CW 6:29).2016, Joseph Urbas, Emerson's Metaphysics: A Song of Laws and Causes, page xxiii

Adjective

causationist

  1. Pertaining to causationism.
    • However , the inability to incorporate such a view of " the good " into a Causationist analysis of morality is not a problem for Causationism.1982, Lenore Kuo, Causationism: A Theory Regarding the Freedom of Human Action, page 148
    • Emerson's doctrine of the Soul, which the Divinity School Address opposes to that of the Church, is also causationist, since the soul " causes " and speaks to us in one language only " that of cause and effect " ( CW 2:37 , 168 ) .2016, Joseph Urbas, Emerson's Metaphysics: A Song of Laws and Causes, page 158
  2. Pertaining to a belief that something (violent behavior, neurosis, etc) is caused by specific social conditions (violent media, poor parenting, etc).
    • That ecological trend adhered to causationist arguments.2013, David Pilgrim, Ann McCranie, Recovery and Mental Health: A Critical Sociological Account, page 162
    • The communication and social theorists Tom Grimes, James Anderson and Lori Bergen have named the core assertion of this science the "causationist hypothesis”; that is, that simply viewing, reading, or listening to violent media is sufficient to cause aggressive or violent attitudes or behaviors in...2018, Patrick Lee Plaisance, Communication and Media Ethics, page 256

Forms of causationist

pluralcausationists

Origin of causationist

From causation + -ist.

Questions about causationist

What does causationist mean?
Causationist means one who believes in a first cause.
What part of speech is causationist?
Causationist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of causationist?
The plural of causationist is causationists.

Words near causationist in the dictionary

  1. causates
  2. causating
  3. causation
  4. causational
  5. causationism
  6. causationist
  7. causationists
  8. causations
  9. causative
  10. causative verb
  11. causative verbs

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