hard determinist

English

Adjective

hard determinist (comparative more hard determinist, superlative most hard determinist)

1. (philosophy) Of, pertaining to or supporting hard determinism, the belief that free will and determinism are incompatible ideas.

   Synonym: incompatibilist

   • 2009, Daniel Cohen, Nick Trakakis, editors, Essays on Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 48:

     Pereboom goes on to add that, in a hard determinist world, an agent's moral worth would be determined by, for example, the degree to which they regulate their behaviour in accordance with moral reasons, […]

Noun

hard determinist (plural hard determinists)

1. (philosophy) A supporter of hard determinism.
   • 2009, Susan Pockett, William P. Banks, Shaun Gallagher, editors, Does Consciousness Cause Behavior?, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 128:

     While the hard determinist understands an interrelated set of normative terms on the basis of self-formation, the compatibilist understands a homophonic set on the basis of a meaning of control without self-formation.