1) Social theory
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[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 certain constraints. The constraint of (government) c...
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[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, voluntarism was advocated by Duns Scotus and William ...
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belief that the will dominates the intellect
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• (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 universe is the activity of a blind and irrational wi...
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(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 ...
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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]
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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 voluntarism, Schopenhauer teaching that the evolutio...
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the doctrine that the will is the supreme force or factor in human conduct and in the universe; this perspective received its most influential articulation in Schopenhauer's philsophy.
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school of thought which regards the will as superior to the intellect and to emotion. Introduced into philosophical literature by Ferdinand Tönnies and developed further in the writings of Wilhelm Wundt and Friedrich Paulsen.
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(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 most elemental psychic factor, that striving, impu....
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