necessitarianism
[/nəˌsɛsɪˈtɛəriənɪzəm/]
noun
necessitarianismo
1. A philosophical doctrine asserting that all events are determined by prior causes and that free will is incompatible with determinism; the view that necessity governs all occurrences in the universe.
Necessitarianism challenges the common belief that humans possess genuine freedom of choice.
O necessitarianismo desafia a crença comum de que os seres humanos possuem liberdade genuína de escolha.
2. In philosophy of mind and metaphysics, the position that certain truths or facts are necessarily true due to the causal structure of reality.
The debate between libertarians and necessitarians centers on whether determinism eliminates moral responsibility.
O debate entre libertários e necessitarianos centra-se em se o determinismo elimina a responsabilidade moral.
Necessitarianism is primarily an academic and philosophical concept discussed in universities and scholarly publications. It remains a central debate in Western philosophy, particularly in discussions of free will, moral responsibility, and the nature of human agency. The term is more prevalent in Anglo-American philosophical traditions than in Brazilian intellectual discourse, though it is recognized in Portuguese-language academic philosophy.
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