As a theory, rather than a device, the view that everything happens mechanically; that is, everything can ultimately be explained in terms of certain laws of nature which apply to the behavior of matter in motion, as in the popular example of clockwork.
Ideally the laws should require as few terms as possible – perhaps just solidity, void, and motion (see also atomism – and be intuitively clear, preferably by being reducible to logical laws. For traditional atomism it is a logical law that two atoms cannot occupy the same place, so it seems that a moving atom must push another one it hits.
However, the pursuit of such an ideally simple mechanical model has proved illusory. Gravity and magnetism, at least, require pulling as well as pushing, and solidity itself has proved to be problematic.
The properties and forces appealed to by modern physics have no intuitive appeal, and intuition therefore sees no reason why they should not be added to or replaced indefinitely. However, mechanism can still take the form of an appeal to simplicity and uniformity of explanation (see also Ockham’s Razar, and principle of Parsimony) to attack its traditional rivals such as finalism, organicism, vitalism and emergence theories with varying success.
Table of Contents
- 1 Videos
- 2 Related Products
- 2.1 Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook, 5th Edition
- 2.2 507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices (Dover Science Books)
- 2.3 Compliant Mechanisms
- 2.4 The Mechanism: A Crime Network So Deep it Brought Down a Nation
- 2.5 How to Make Foam Puppet - Part 2 - Foam Carving & Creating Mechanisms
- 2.6 Once Upon a Time (In Space) [Explicit]
- 2.7 The Trigger Mechanism (The Camp Valor Series)
- 2.8 Mechanisms of Omniscience
- 2.9 Build and Play - Sandbox of hard rusted mechanism
- 2.10 Fabergé: A Life of Its Own
Videos
Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook, 5th Edition
- Hardcover Book
- Sclater, Neil (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 560 Pages - 08/12/2011 (Publication Date) - McGraw-Hill Education (Publisher)
507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices (Dover Science Books)
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Brown, Henry T. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 96 Pages - 08/02/2012 (Publication Date) - Dover Publications (Publisher)
Compliant Mechanisms
- Hardcover Book
- Howell, Larry L. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 480 Pages - 07/25/2001 (Publication Date) - Wiley-Interscience (Publisher)
The Mechanism: A Crime Network So Deep it Brought Down a Nation
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Netto, Vladimir (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 533 Pages - 05/02/2019 (Publication Date) - Ebury Digital (Publisher)
How to Make Foam Puppet - Part 2 - Foam Carving & Creating Mechanisms
- BJ Guyer (Actor)
- Stan Winston School of Character Arts (Director)
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The Trigger Mechanism (The Camp Valor Series)
- Hardcover Book
- McEwen, Scott (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 352 Pages - 02/11/2020 (Publication Date) - St. Martin's Griffin (Publisher)
Mechanisms of Omniscience
- Abnormality- Mechanisms Of Omniscience
- Audio CD – Audiobook
- English (Publication Language)
- 04/09/2020 (Publication Date) - Metal Blade (Publisher)
Build and Play - Sandbox of hard rusted mechanism
- With the help of your inventions, you have to grab and move loads, rake blocks, play football and even catch a real flying saucer!
- Build a real robot with your own hands. Program its management on your own.
- Take a video directly in the game or take screenshots and brag about your inventions to your friends!
- English (Publication Language)
Fabergé: A Life of Its Own
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Samuel West (Actor)
- Patrick Mark (Director) - Patrick Mark (Writer) - Patrick Mark (Producer)
- English (Playback Language)
- English (Subtitle)
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