Sentence examples for mechanistic from inspiring English sources

Locke's picture of bodies, both large and small, is largely a mechanistic one (though he allows for phenomena that can't be explained mechanistically, such as gravitation, cohesion of body parts, and magnetism): bodies, he writes, "knock, impell, and resist one another,…and that is all they can do" (E1-5 IV.x.10: 624).

There is not enough about treating people in a less mechanistic way so they might want to listen to a new message; or, better still, help decide what the message should be.

Underlying this is a concern, not wholly ill-founded, that any "mechanistic" approach to admissions will undermine institutions' autonomy, and invite in more interventionist measures by Offa.

Second, the Fed's promises about its future plans should eschew mechanistic reliance on one economic indicator.

Mr Letwin claims that Labour takes a "mechanistic" view: if you are poor you will turn to crime.

The speed and processing power of computers mean that algorithms can execute tasks with blinding speed using vast amounts of data.Some of these tasks are more mechanistic than others.

But this mechanistic view of growth assumes that demography is destiny and that economic policies do not matter.

Classical probability is neat and tidy and mechanistic.

Hooke, in the 17th century, calculated how many ideas could be stored in the brain during a lifetime, borrowing from the mechanistic science of his day.

In any case, the reduction of the brain to a mechanistic process does not necessarily add anything to the debate on responsibility.

An entirely mechanistic view of life is not only inaccurate, it is rather depressing I think.Leonard, a character in "The Marriage Plot", wears a bandana and suffers from depression.