mechanistic explanation

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mechanistic
adjective
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/ˌmek.əˈnɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌmek.əˈnɪs.tɪk/
thinking of living things as if they ...
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explanation
noun[C or U]
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/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/
the details or reasons that someone gives to make something clear or easy ...
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We adopt it in order to interpret children's production because it provides a generalmechanisticexplanationfor lexical and segmental phenomena.
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These simulations provide a plausiblemechanisticexplanationfor physiological recordings from amacrine cells that show similar phenomena.
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Amechanisticexplanationof self-control is still in its infancy.
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To date there is no such generally acceptedmechanisticexplanationof adaptive mutation.
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The genes contained in these regions are of functional interest as they may offer amechanisticexplanationto the underlying genetic causes of a disease.
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Mechanisticexplanationworks by appealing to the causal structure of some system or process.
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Understanding the mechanisms that give rise to a phenomenon are, according to amechanisticexplanation, necessary to explain the phenomenon.
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Bridging this gap (that is, finding a satisfyingmechanisticexplanationfor experience and qualia) is known as the hard problem.
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However, themechanisticexplanationof catalysis is complex.
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This example, though imperfect, does help to illustratemechanisticexplanation.
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Of these mechanistic explanations neither explains completely the colonizationinhibition phenomenon, and both may be involved simultaneously.
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This is an example ofmechanisticexplanation.
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Herapath's scientific interests started with an attempt to provide amechanisticexplanationfor gravity.
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In sum, emulation theory moves us beyond the current simulation theories by providing more mechanistic explanations and specific predictions.
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In contrast to these mechanistic explanations, others assert the need to test whether the pattern is simply the result of a random sampling process.
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Another criticism is that vitalists have failed to rule out mechanistic explanations.
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