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機械論者 (kikaironsha) Japanese meaning: mechanist | Kotomora

機き械かい論ろん者しゃ

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Meanings

1

mechanist

A person who adheres to mechanism, the philosophical doctrine that natural phenomena can be explained by mechanical laws.

彼かれは機き械かい論ろん者しゃとして、生せい命めい現げん象しょうも物ぶつ理り法ほう則

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説せつ

明めい

できる

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主しゅ

張ちょう

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As a mechanist, he argued that even life phenomena can be explained by physical laws.

Kanji

機loom, mechanism, machine
械contraption, fetter, machine
論argument, discourse
者someone, person

Related words

機き械かい論ろん
機械論 is the doctrine of mechanism, while 機械論者 refers to a person who advocates or adheres to that doctrine.

Built from

機き械かい+論ろん者しゃ

Etymology

Compound of 機械 (machine, mechanism), 論 (theory, argument), and 者 (person). The term is a direct translation of the Western philosophical concept of mechanism.