Top 10 Determinism Quotes

The more we know about our universe, the more difficult it becomes to believe in determinism.

Believe, Difficult, Determinism

Ilya Prigogine, Isabelle Stengers (1997). “The End of Certainty”, p.155, Simon and Schuster

In one sense I feel that my book is a one-woman argument against determinism.

Book, Argument, Determinism

Almost always, genes are about potentials and vulnerabilities rather than about determinism.

Genes, Determinism, Vulnerability

Source: www.psychologytoday.com

In the mind there is no absolute or free will.

Mind, Free Will, Determinism

Baruch Spinoza (2002). “Spinoza: The Complete Works”, p.272, Hackett Publishing

Circumstances make man, not man circumstances.

Men, Circumstances, Determinism

Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.46, Courier Corporation

Perhaps to restore human freedom we should deny determinism ?

Deny, Should, Determinism

Simon Blackburn (1999). “Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy”, p.60, Oxford University Press

No one has ever announced that because determinism is true thermostats do not control temperature.

Temperature, Determinism

Robert Nozick (1981). “Philosophical Explanations”, p.315, Harvard University Press

The way out is the way through.

Way, Determinism

Contingency is a thing unto itself, not the titration of determinism by randomness.

Randomness, Determinism

"Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History". Book by Stephen Jay Gould, p. 51, 1989.

Science admits no exceptions; otherwise there would be no determinism in science, or rather, there would be no science.

Would Be, Determinism, Exception

"Leçons de Pathologie Expérimentale". Book by Claude Bernard, 1872.