Determinism
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CORE DEFINITION
A philosophical view that all events, including human actions, are necessarily determined by prior events and natural laws. If all parameters at the moment of the Big Bang were known, everything happening today could be calculated.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
Understanding causality and responsibility. Although quantum mechanics challenges strict determinism, when analyzing macroscopic social issues (such as crime and poverty), adopting a determinist perspective can reduce moral judgment and increase focus on environmental and systemic causes.
Anchor fast decisions
The view that events (including human behavior) are necessarily caused by prior events and laws; given initial conditions, outcomes can be calculated. The mechanism is the 'necessity of causal chains.' In macroscopic social analysis, it attributes behavior to environment and systems rather than individual will.
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