occasionalism

occasionalism

美 [ə'keɪʒənəlˌɪzəm] 　英 [ə'keɪʒnəlɪzəm]

• n.〔哲〕机缘论；笛卡儿偶因论
• 网络原因论；偶然二元论；机缘主义

英汉解释

n.	1. 〔哲〕机缘论 2. 笛卡儿偶因论

英英解释

n.	1. a philosophical theory, developed in the 17th century, that assumes that the linkage between both cause and effect and mental and bodily events results from God's continuous intervention