Eihaitallinen

Eihaitallinen is a Finnish philosophical concept that roughly translates to 'non-accidental' or 'non-haphazard'. It originated in the philosophy of existentialism, particularly in the works of the Finnish philosopher Georg Henrik von Wright. In this context, eihaitallinen refers to events or situations that are not unstructured or unorganized, but rather governed by laws and principles.

Von Wright saw eihaitallinen as a middle ground between determinism and indeterminism in the philosophy of time and causality. He argued that deterministic systems, which suggest that every event must have a precursor, are tainted by compatibilism, which essentially ignores the distinction between free will and determinism. Conversely, indeterministic systems, which suggest that events are fundamentally random, offer little explanatory power.

To von Wright, eihaitallinen represented a way to revise traditional causal thought by adopting holistic processes and requiring new ways of thinking about indeterminacy. In his view, eihaitallinen highlights the complexities of free will and necessity in human actions and experiences. It's worth noting that the concept of eihaitallinen is relatively rare outside the circle of Finnish philosophers and is considered a synthesis of the perspectives of von Wright.

Eihaitallinen maintains an interest in philosophical reflections on the nature of free will, causality, and human experiences, and while the concept remains a subsidiary concept outside of v Wright's work the Finnish metaphysicians keep pushing boundaries of knowledge.