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mechanicist|mɪˈkænɪsɪst|
[f. mechanic a. and n. + -ist.]
= mechanicalist.
1934Mind XLIII. 248 ‘Mechanical’ is a highly ambiguous term, and many who call themselves mechanicists would not deem it inconsistent with their principles to recognise in the molecule a different unit from the atom, with different properties. 1936Nature 4 Apr. 559/2 Haldane asserts that the real universe is a universe of personality and the manifestation of God... No doubt materialists and mechanicists would take exception to some of the arguments. 1939Ibid. 8 July 52/2 Controversies about the philosophy of animate Nature..keep alive the old feud between vitalists and mechanicists. The latter favour the view that life is a by-product of blind processes of dead matter. |