Oc-cā'sion-al-ĭsm, n.
The system of occasional causes; — a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body.
The system of occasional causes; — a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body.