occasionalism

philosophical theory stating that nothing can occur except under the causation of God

Class type of: deism Q651345

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4 properties

Instance of: philosophical schools and traditions
Subclass of: deism
Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
P14541: 4gUOOV^[8]

🏷️ Also known as

en occasionalism ar مذهب مناسبة cs Okazionalismus de Okkasionalismus es ocasionalismo fa اصالت علت موقعی fi okkasionalismi fr occasionnalisme he אוקזיונליזם hu okkazionalizmus id Okasionalisme it occasionalismo ko 기회 원인론 nl occasionalisme pl Okazjonalizm ru Окказионализм sv Ockasionalism uk Оказіоналізм (філософія) uk Оказіоналізм (філософія) (значення) zh 机缘论

🔖 Identifiers · 22

Library of Congress authority ID: sh85093807
BNCF Thesaurus ID: 29845
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12356569s
Catholic Encyclopedia ID: 11195b
Dewey Decimal Classification: 147
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID: 138012
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/occasionalism
Freebase ID: /m/01x_c1
Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/1hl3h3v3l
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: ocasionalisme
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0127180
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 2686784

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Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID: occasion
JSTOR topic ID (archived): occasionalism
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2778396982
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007540997805171
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3950437
Quora topic ID: Occasionalism
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID: occasionalism
Treccani ID: occasionalismo
Treccani's Dizionario di Filosofia ID: occasionalismo
Yale LUX ID: concept/813664a1-6e6e-4cf8-ade0-d34f1edfb9ff

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Described by source 3

Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary

Subclass of 1

deism

← Movement 1

Nicolas Malebranche

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Summary

occasionalism is a philosophical schools and traditions^[1]. occasionalism is a type of deism^[2].

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[1] ↑ occasionalism is an instance of philosophical schools and traditions (Q12765852) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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