mechanistic
21mechanistic — mech•a•nis•tic [[t]ˌmɛk əˈnɪs tɪk[/t]] adj. 1) of or pertaining to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists 2) of or pertaining to mechanics • Etymology: 1880–85 mech a•nis′ti•cal•ly, adv …
22Механистическая теория (mechanistic theory) — Механистической наз. такую психол. теорию, к рая уподобляет всех животных, включ. человека, машинам и исходит из того, что хоть живые существа и могут быть сложными, тем не менее они машины, и для объяснения их поведения не требуются никакие… …
23Niche apportionment models — Mechanistic models for niche apportionment are biological models used to explain relative species abundance distributions. These models describe how species break up resource pool in multi dimensional space, determining the distribution of… …
24Mammalian target of rapamycin — Mechanistic target of rapamycin (serine/threonine kinase) PDB rendering based on 1aue …
25Mechanism (philosophy) — Mechanism is the belief that natural wholes (principally living things) are like machines or artifacts, composed of parts lacking any intrinsic relationship to each other, and with their order imposed from without. Thus, the source of an apparent …
26Seventeenth-century materialism: Gassendi and Hobbes — T.Sorell In the English speaking world Pierre Gassendi is probably best known as the author of a set of Objections to Descartes’s Meditations. These Objections, the fifth of seven sets collected by Mersenne, are relatively long and full, and… …
27atomism — atomist, n. atomistic, atomistical, adj. atomistically, adv. /at euh miz euhm/, n. 1. Also called atomic theory. Philos. the theory that minute, discrete, finite, and indivisible elements are the ultimate constituents of all matter. 2. Psychol. a …
28Robert Gilbert (chemist) — Robert G. Gilbert (born 1946) is one of the world s foremost polymer chemists, particularly in the field of emulsion polymerisation. In 1970, he gained his PhD from the Australian National University, and worked at the University of Sydney from… …
29motivation — motivational, adj. motivative, adj. /moh teuh vay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or an instance of motivating. 2. the state or condition of being motivated. 3. something that motivates; inducement; incentive. [1870 75; MOTIVE + ATION] * * * Factors… …
30Vitalism — This article is about the non mechanist philosophy. For other uses, see vital (disambiguation). Vitalism, as defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary,[1] is a doctrine that the functions of a living organism are due to a vital principle distinct …
