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(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Voluntarism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​v/voluntarism.html. 1828.
 
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