Definitions
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- adjective not determined by a mechanical process; partly resulting from a creative process.
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- adjective Not
mechanistic .
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- adjective not mechanistic
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Examples
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Like Wallace, he looked at some of the unsolved problems of evolution, and suggested that nonmechanistic forces may be at work besides selection.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Like Wallace, he looked at some of the unsolved problems of evolution, and suggested that nonmechanistic forces may be at work besides selection.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Like Wallace, he looked at some of the unsolved problems of evolution, and suggested that nonmechanistic forces may be at work besides selection.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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(especially M. Wertheimer and W. Köhler) is entirely compatible with a nonmechanistic physicalism.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas HERBERT FEIGL 1968
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As has been pointed out by others, a leading ID theorist has already stated that ID is nonmechanistic see Dembski’s post 18.
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