a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy

the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes

anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny

a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them

a form of determinism which states that all events that happen are pre-ordained, or predestined to happen, by a monotheistic deity, or that they are destined to occur given its omniscience.

the philosophical doctrine that holds behavior and actions to be the result of previous mental states, such as beliefs, desires, or intentions, rather than from a present conscious will guiding one's actions.

the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics