mechanist

• اسم يشير إلى الفيلسوف الذي يتبنى المذهب الآلي (الميكانيكية)، أي أن الظواهر الطبيعية محددة حتمياً بعلاقات آلية ويمكن تفسيرها بالقوانين الفيزيائية. ويُطلق أيضاً على من يعتقد أن الكون آلة تخضع لقوانين ميكانيكية صارمة.

A noun referring to a philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism, which holds that natural processes are mechanically determined and can be explained by physical laws.

1. Philosophical MechanistC1formal

   A person who believes in mechanism, the doctrine that natural processes are mechanically determined and can be explained by physical laws alone.

   الميكانيكي الفلسفي

   • The 18th-century mechanist argued that the universe functions like a clockwork machine.
   • As a mechanist, she rejected vitalism and insisted that life could be understood through physics and chemistry.
   • Many enlightenment scientists were mechanists who sought to explain biology in terms of mechanics.

   الأضدادteleologistvitalist