Definitions for: Voluntarism

Webster (1913) Definition: Vol"un*ta*rism, n.
Any theory which conceives will to be the dominant factor in
experience or in the constitution of the world; -- contrasted
with intellectualism. Schopenhauer and Fichte are typical
exponents of the two types of metaphysical voluntarism,
Schopenhauer teaching that the evolution of the universe is
the activity of a blind and irrational will, Fichte holding
that the intelligent activity of the ego is the fundamental
fact of reality.

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