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indeterminism
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in·de·ter·min·ism  (nd-tûrm-nzm)
n.
1. Unpredictability.
2. Philosophy The doctrine that there are some events, particularly some human actions or decisions, which have no cause.

inde·termin·ist n.
inde·termin·istic adj.

indeterminism
the quality of not being clearly established or fixed. — indeterminist, n.indeterministic, adj.
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Hawkins and Kapadia (1984) blame the representativeness problem on contemporary education because it forces deterministic cognitive strategies rather than supporting the development of probability concepts in an indeterministic environment.
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Equipotentiality, a concept used within Family Systems Theory, further demonstrates the indeterministic nature of development and refers to the notion that developmental outcome is neither predetermined nor predictable.
 
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