Definitions for necessitarian
nəˌsɛs ɪˈtɛər i ənne·ces·si·tar·i·an

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1. necessitariannoun

   someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will

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1. necessitariannoun

   necessarian

2. necessitariannoun

   One who maintains the doctrine of philosophical necessity, in opposition to that of freedom of the will: opposed to libertarian. (The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911).

3. necessitarianadjective

   Of or pertaining to necessity or necessitarianism: opposed to libertarian. (The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911).

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1. necessitarian

   Necessitarianism 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 libertarian free will, reasoning that human actions are predetermined by external or internal antecedents. Necessitarianism is stronger than hard determinism, because even the hard determinist would grant that the causal chain constituting the world might have been different as a whole, even though each member of that series could not have been different, given its antecedent causes.The most famous defender of necessitarianism in the history of philosophy is Spinoza. Anthony Collins was also known for his defense of necessitarianism. His brief Inquiry Concerning Human Liberty (1715) was a key statement of the necessitarianist standpoint. The Century Dictionary defined it in 1889–91 as belief that the will is not free, but instead subject to external antecedent causes or natural laws of cause and effect.

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1. necessitarian

   A necessitarian is a person who believes in the principle or doctrine of determinism or fatalism, i.e., the viewpoint that all events, actions, and outcomes are the inevitable results of certain causes. This philosophy asserts that humans have no free will and all events, including moral choices, are determined by previously existing causes or divine will.

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1. Necessitarianadjective

   of or pertaining to the doctrine of philosophical necessity in regard to the origin and existence of things, especially as applied to the actings or choices of the will; -- opposed to libertarian

2. Necessitariannoun

   one who holds to the doctrine of necessitarianism

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   The numerical value of necessitarian in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

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   The numerical value of necessitarian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=necessitarian
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Necessitarian
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necessitarian
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
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