機き械かい的てき唯ゆい物ぶつ論ろん

noun

mechanistic materialism

A philosophical term referring to the view that all phenomena can be explained by mechanical laws and material interactions, often contrasted with dialectical materialism.

• 機き械かい的てき唯ゆい物ぶつ論ろんは、18世せい紀きのフランス唯ゆい物ぶつ論ろんに代だい表ひょうされる。

  Mechanistic materialism is typified by 18th-century French materialism.