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MECHANICAL DEFINITION (1)
MECHANICAL DEFINITION (1)
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called "
mechanical
" as it is defined in
terms
of distance and
position
.
Mechanical
in this sense means interpreting or explaining the
phenomena
of the
universe
by referring to physical forces;
mechanistic
. Thus a "
mechanical definition
" would be one which defined in
terms
of
space
or location such as "the car over by the
old
oak tree" or "the
man
who lives in the
big house
." Here "the
old
oak tree" and "the
big house
" are
fixed
objects and the unfixed objects ("car," "
man
") are a sort of
viewpoint
. One has identified things by location.
—
Life
Orientation
Course
Glossary, May 90