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Mechanistic causation

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-016858

1. The mechanism is the physical means by which a cause induces the effect. The physical mechanism can be thought of as a series of events at a lower level of organization than the cause and effect events. In other words, "effects are produced by mechanisms whose operations consist of ordered sequences of activities engaged in by their parts" (Bogen 2004).

2. Mechanism is the physical means by which a cause induces the effect. The physical mechanism can be thought of as a series of events at a lower level of organization than the cause and effect events. In other words, "effects are produced by mechanisms whose operations consist of ordered sequences of activities engaged in by their parts" (Bogen 2004).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-016858
FieldEnvironment
SubjectInformation management and systems
ReferencesCADDIS: Causal Concepts; Causal Concepts
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016858",
  "term": "Mechanistic causation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The mechanism is the physical means by which a cause induces the effect. The physical mechanism can be thought of as a series of events at a lower level of organization than the cause and effect events. In other words, \"effects are produced by mechanisms whose operations consist of ordered sequences of activities engaged in by their parts\" (Bogen 2004).\n\n2. Mechanism is the physical means by which a cause induces the effect. The physical mechanism can be thought of as a series of events at a lower level of organization than the cause and effect events. In other words, \"effects are produced by mechanisms whose operations consist of ordered sequences of activities engaged in by their parts\" (Bogen 2004).",
  "subject": "Information management and systems",
  "references": [
    "CADDIS: Causal Concepts",
    "Causal Concepts"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/mechanistic-causation/"
}

Record 16,858 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.