Definitions for occasionalism
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1. occasionalismnoun

   A metaphysical doctrine that holds that all events are occasioned (caused) by God himself

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1. Occasionalism

   Occasionalism is a philosophical doctrine about causation which says that created substances cannot be efficient causes of events. Instead, all events are taken to be caused directly by God. (A related concept, which has been called "occasional causation", also denies a link of efficient causation between mundane events, but may differ as to the identity of the true cause that replaces them.) The doctrine states that the illusion of efficient causation between mundane events arises out of God's causing of one event after another. However, there is no necessary connection between the two: it is not that the first event causes God to cause the second event: rather, God first causes one and then causes the other.

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1. Occasionalismnoun

   the system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body

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1. Occasionalism

   Occasionalism is a philosophical theory about causation which says that created substances cannot be efficient causes of events. Instead, all events are taken to be caused directly by God. The theory states that the illusion of efficient causation between mundane events arises out of God's causing of one event after another. However, there is no necessary connection between the two: it is not that the first event causes God to cause the second event: rather, God first causes one and then causes the other.

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1. Occasionalism

   the doctrine that the action of the spiritual organisation on the material, and of the material on the spiritual, or of the inner on the outer, and the outer on the inner, is due to the divine interposition taking occasion of the effort of mind, or of the inner, on the one hand, and the effort of matter, or the outer, on the other, to work the effect or result; or that the link connecting cause and effect in both cases, that is, the acion of the outer world on the inner, and vice versa, is God.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of occasionalism in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of occasionalism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Occasionalism
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occasionalism
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/occasionalism
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=occasionalism
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Occasionalism