oc·ca·sion·al·ism ( -k  zh-n-l z m)n. The doctrine that God is the sole causal actor and that all events are merely occasions on which God brings about what are normally thought of as their effects. |
occasionalism [əˈkeɪʒənəˌlɪzəm]
n
(Philosophy) the post-Cartesian theory that the seeming interconnection of mind and matter is effected by God
occasionalism
the Cartesian philosophic doctrine that holds that mind and matter are incapable of affecting each other and that their reciprocal action must be owing to the intervention of God. — occasionalist, n. — occasionalistic, adj.
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