Free Will and Determinism

3. theological doctrine that God, being omniscient, or all-knowing, and omnipotent, or all-powerful, has already determined the fate of the universe, including the fate of immortal souls
5. branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge
7. status of propositions that are neither true under every possible valuation nor false under every possible valuation
9. branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality
10. influence by which one event, process, state, or object contributes to the production of another event, process, state, or object
12. the view or belief that the existence of God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable
13. a statement that is so evident or well-established, that it is accepted without controversy or question

1. the capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices, based on their will
2. a codification of beliefs or a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the essence of teachings in a given branch of knowledge or in a belief system
4. the highest being and wholly immaterial
6. a universal divine reason, immanent in nature, yet transcending all oppositions and imperfections in the cosmos and humanity
7. the supposed ability to freely decide between alternatives
8. the belief that free will and determinism are mutual
11. the state or condition of self-governance