overdetermination

  • 1Overdetermination — For the mathematics term, see Overdetermined system. Overdetermination, the idea that a single observed effect is determined by multiple causes at once (any one of which alone might be enough to account for the effect), was originally a key… …

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  • 2overdetermination — /oh veuhr di terr meuh nay sheuhn/, n. Psychoanal. the concept that a single emotional symptom or event, as a dream or a slip of the tongue, may be caused by more than one factor. [1915 20; OVER + DETERMINATION, trans. of G Überdeterminierung… …

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  • 3overdetermination — noun The state or quality of being overdetermined See Also: underdetermination, determination, overdetermine, overdetermined …

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  • 4overdetermination — In psychoanalysis, ascribing the cause of a single behavioral or emotional reaction, mental symptom, or dream to the operation of two or more forces, that is, it is overdetermined ( e.g., ascribing the nature of an emotional outburst not only to… …

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  • 5overdetermination — An event is overdetermined if there exist more than one antecedent events, any of which would be a sufficient condition for the event occurring. Analogously, a conclusion is overdetermined if it can be proved in any of a number of independent… …

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  • 6overdetermination — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: over (III) + determination : the condition of being overdetermined …

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  • 7СВЕРХОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЕ — (overdetermination) 1. По Фрейду, процесс, в котором уплотнение ряда сложных мыслей вызывает единый образ (как в возвращении сновидения). 2. (По аналогии с вышеупомянутым) объединенный результат многократных противоречий, существующих в различных …

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  • 8Louis Althusser — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 20th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = name = Louis Pierre Althusser birth = October 16, 1918 Birmendreïs, Algeria death = death date and age|1990|10|22|1918|10|16 Paris,… …

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  • 9Dualism (philosophy of mind) — René Descartes s illustration of dualism. Inputs are passed on by the sensory organs to the epiphysis in the brain and from there to the immaterial spirit. In philosophy of mind, dualism is a set of views about the relationship between mind and… …

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  • 10Open system (systems theory) — This article is about systems theory. For other uses, see Open system (disambiguation). Open System Model (basics) An open system is a system which continuously interacts with its environment. The interaction can take the form of information,… …

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