Adjective; One who adheres to the doctrine of Mechanism (Universal or Anthropic - Anthropic being Mechanism applied to human beings), a philosophical theory that defines nature as operating on rules of physicality (mechanics) which can be explained by the fields of physics, chemistry and mathematics.
Attempting to understand the workings of nature by way of molecular kinetics and the research of the forces driving those motions: electric, magnetic, thermodynamic or otherwise.
In pop-culture: Gregory House of House M.D. expresses Mechanist viewpoints.
In pop-culture: Gregory House of House M.D. expresses Mechanist viewpoints.
by the Mechanist August 12, 2009
A paradigm in which the whole is the sum of its constituent parts.
A paradigm that assumes parts.
Physicality.
Antonym to 'mysticism'.
A paradigm that assumes parts.
Physicality.
Antonym to 'mysticism'.
by sandraxine September 10, 2018
by Florgreen February 05, 2025