tychism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A theory suggesting that absolute chance, or indeterminism, is a real factor operative in the universe.

Word forms

tychism tychisms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τύχη (túkhē, “chance”), and -ism; proposed by the American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce.

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