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compatibilist en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /kəmˈpætɪbəlɪst/

Etymology

Etymology tree English compatible Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English compatibilist From compatible + -ist.

Meanings

  1. Of, pertaining to or supporting compatibilism, the belief that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
    • Such a reply is not, however, in the spirit of the compatibilist strategy of interest here. 2007 September 29, Richard M. Glatz, “The (near) necessity of alternate possibilities for moral responsibility”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 139, number 2, →DOI:

Forms

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most compatibilist Degree=Sup lexicographic
more compatibilist Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

incompatibilist

compatibilist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /kəmˈpætɪbəlɪst/

Etymology

Etymology tree English compatible Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English compatibilist From compatible + -ist.

Meanings

  1. A supporter of compatibilism.
    • Moreover, suggestions that compatibilists can refute hard determinism on non-semantic grounds are misguided, building more into hard determinism than an adherent of this view needs to accept. 2009, Susan Pockett, William P. Banks, Shaun Gallagher, editors, Does Consciousness Cause Behavior?, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 128:
    • To which the compatibilists replied, This is still totally artificial—choosing when to leap into an abyss or whether to turn left or right in a driving simulator tells us nothing about our free will in choosing between, say, becoming a nudist versus a Buddhist, or becoming an algologist versus an allergologist. 2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:

Forms

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compatibilists Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

incompatibilist