Look up: Voluntarism


  1. Voluntarism
    Vol'un·ta·rism noun Any theory which conceives will to be the dominant factor in experience or in the constitution of the world; -- contrasted with intellectualism . Schopenhauer and Fichte are typical exponents of the two types of metaphysical vo...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/35

  2. Voluntarism
    • (n.) Any theory which conceives will to be the dominant factor in experience or in the constitution of the world; -- contrasted with intellectualism. Schopenhauer and Fichte are typical exponents of the two types of metaphysical voluntarism, Schopenhauer teaching that the evolution of the uni...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/voluntarism/

  3. voluntarism
    (from the article `Gompers, Samuel`) ...leadership of labour interests earned Gompers a reputation for conservatism. In a period when the United States was bitterly hostile to labour ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/v/35

  4. voluntarism
    any metaphysical or psychological system that assigns to the will (Latin: voluntas) a more predominant role than that attributed to the intellect. ... [5 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/v/35

  5. Voluntarism
    [metaphysics] Voluntarism is a descriptive term for a school of thought that regards the will as superior to the intellect and to emotion.{Citation needed|date=February 2012} This description has been applied to various points of view, from different cultural eras, in the areas of metaphysic...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntarism_(metaphysics)

  6. Voluntarism
    (Lat. voluntas, will) In ontology, the theory that the will is the ultimate constituent of reality. Doctrine that the human will, or some force analogous to it, is the primary stuff of the universe; that blind, purposive impulse is the real in nature. (a) In psychology, theory that the will is the m...
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  7. Voluntarism
    [action] Voluntarism is sometimes used to mean the use of, or reliance on voluntary action to maintain an institution, carry out a policy, or achieve an end. In this context the word voluntary action means action based on free will, which in turn means action which is performed free from cer...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntarism_(action)

  8. Voluntarism
    [concept] Using two images that i got off of wikipedia, they both were images that i could use. ...
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  9. Voluntarism
    [theology] Voluntarism in theology is the theory that God is to be conceived as some form of will. It is contrasted with intellectualism, which gives primacy to God`s reason. Both these theories about the nature of God are strongly tied to theories of natural law. In medieval philosophy, vol...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntarism_(theology)

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