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Definition of Tychism
1. n. Any theory which conceives chance as an objective reality; esp., a theory of evolution which considers that variation may be purely fortuitous.
Definition of Tychism
1. a theory of pure chance [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tychism
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Literary usage of Tychism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophy of William James by Théodore Flournoy (1917)
"vn tychism To this as it were " transverse " pluralism— arguing for the simultaneous
existence of a multitude of independent although interrelated ..."
2. Evolutionary Naturalism by Roy Wood Sellars (1922)
"But when it comes to the positive teaching of tychism the matter is altered. ...
With one interpretation, tychism does not contradict determinism as I ..."
3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1921)
"Peirce, who invented the term tychism, says: "Now the only possible way of
accounting for the laws of nature and uniformity in general is to suppose them ..."
4. Essays in Radical Empiricism [and] A Pluralistic Universe by William James (1912)
"Peirce's ' tychism ' is thus practically synonymous with Bergson's ... Peirce meets
this objection by combining his tychism 1 Compare the douma with what ..."
5. A Student's Philosophy of Religion by William Kelley Wright (1922)
"By tychism, James meant that there actually enters an clement of chance or novelty,
... James never worked out his doctrines of pluralism, tychism, ..."
6. A Pluralistic Universe: Hibbert Lectures to Manchester College on the by William James (1909)
"Peirce's ' tychism' is thus practically synonymous with Bergson's 'devenir ...
Peirce meets this objection by combining his tychism 1 Compare the douma with ..."
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