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mech·a·nist

 (mĕk′ə-nĭst)
n. Philosophy
One who believes in the doctrine of mechanism.
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mechanist

(ˈmɛkənɪst)
n
1. (Philosophy) a person who accepts a mechanistic philosophy
2. (Professions) another name for a mechanician
3. (Mechanical Engineering) another name for a mechanician
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mech•a•nist

(ˈmɛk ə nɪst)

n.
a believer in a theory of mechanism.
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Noun1.mechanist - a philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism
philosopher - a specialist in philosophy
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Many of these are artists, painters, architects, mechanists, antiquarians, people who look up to him for patronage--none of them permitted to be hangers on or parasites'.
Currently, he said Makoro Brick had employed 12 non-citizens in the positions of production manager (1), sales and technical manager (1), Dehacking supervisors (2), engineer (1), industrial electricians (2), boilermakers (1), fitter and turner mechanists class 1 (2) and diesel hydraulic attendants (2).
Although to the best of our knowledge we offer the first detailed meta-theoretical analysis and reconstruction, the theory has already been a subject of interest to meta-theorists, some of whom are mechanists (Darden and Maull 1977).
Astrologers had offered an explanation of the tides in terms of the influence of the moon, but the new mechanists would have no truck with that.
One of the best examples has to be Bruce Sterling's Schismatrix (1985), a novel in which two different philosophies of posthuman evolution have given rise to two distinct races: the Shapers, who believe in using biological/genetic techniques to modify their bodies (and who themselves end up branching into subraces), and the Mechanists, who only use non-biological implants and augmentations.
For her the two rivaling factions, Shapers and Mechanists, represent different media forms, and the correlating influences these media (genetics and mechanics) exert define societal structures, biopolitics, and philosophical worldview.
" It recommended that changes be considered to encourage umpires and referees to identify suspect bowlers with greater confidence, to use the expertise of the bio- mechanists working in this area to assume a greater role during the assessment process, and to allow for ongoing scrutiny of bowlers once they have been identified under the ICC procedures." The committee also supported one of the strong recommendations from the working group, that all technology used in decision- making should be independently evaluated prior to being included on a revised list of technologies approved for use in matches in which the Decision Review System is used.
Brian Gaudette, a human resources official with Wyman Gordon in Grafton, a worldwide supplier to the aerospace and industrial gas turbine markets, said his company has salaried positions of engineers, management supervisors and operations support; and hourly positions for mechanists.
The riggers, to the mechanists, the lighting and sound technicians, the wardrobe staff have all been wonderful," technical director Cameron Flint related to Bulletin Entertainment and select guests during a recent stage tour.
Milkowski thus shares with other mechanists the presumption that a precise characterization of a cognitive competence given by, for example, the specification of a grammar for a speaker's language, cannot be genuinely explanatory in the absence of an account of how the competence is realized in the brain.
Staff were expected to accommodate the holistic nature of children's growth '[I]n short we are not mechanists or psychologists, nor doctors or teachers--but both.
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