\Vol"un*ta*rism\, 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.