noun
occasionalism
A philosophical doctrine, especially associated with Malebranche, asserting that God is the only true cause and that created things are merely occasions for divine action. Also known as 機会原因論.
See also: 機会原因論
マルブランシュの偶因論は、心身問題に対する一つの解答である。
Malebranche's occasionalism is one answer to the mind-body problem.
Synonym for 偶因論; both refer to the same philosophical doctrine of occasionalism.
From 偶 (incidental) + 因 (cause) + 論 (theory). A calque of the Western philosophical term 'occasionalism'.