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
• reductionism
  • tendency to analyze the smallest possible components in isolation