mechanistic view of nature
Worldview/ [[ ontology ]] coming from the scientific revolution (~1700s) and informing modern [[ science ]]. Aka Newtonian/enlightenment worldview.
- only what can be observed, measured and quantified exists
- natural phenomena behaving in ways determined by physical mechanisms (such as laws of gravity and motion)
- world seen as predictable, linear and deterministic. In a stable equilibrium
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reductionism
- tendency to analyze the smallest possible components in isolation
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