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Aug 5, 2020 at 17:55 comment added Nelson Alexander Just noting that Althusser uses "overdetermination" in Marxist theory in relation to the problem of historical determinations in Marxism. In the context of historical events and their likely causes, this might mean roughly the same thing.
Dec 18, 2016 at 4:01 history edited Conifold
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May 16, 2016 at 22:28 comment added Alexander S King See related: philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/31726/…
May 16, 2016 at 11:19 history tweeted twitter.com/StackPhilosophy/status/732168550153097216
May 15, 2016 at 23:08 answer added Conifold timeline score: 5
May 15, 2016 at 22:59 comment added Matt Diamond @mobileink and my understanding of "underdetermination" mostly comes from this: plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-underdetermination
May 15, 2016 at 22:58 comment added Matt Diamond @mobileink sorry, "this" refers to underdetermination as applied to one's knowledge of self and world
May 15, 2016 at 22:13 comment added user20153 also, can you be more explicit about "Is this a topic philosophers have adressed"? I don't know what "this" refers to.
May 15, 2016 at 21:55 comment added user20153 what exactly do you mean by "underdetermination" and cognate terms?
May 15, 2016 at 21:48 answer added ChristopherE timeline score: 2
May 15, 2016 at 21:22 history asked Matt Diamond CC BY-SA 3.0