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mechanical-man concept

mechanical-man concept

the idea that human beings can be understood as living machines subject only to physical processes and not subject to nonphysical phenomena, such as consciousness. This is often cited as a model for the image of human beings proposed by behaviorism and similar deterministic and naturalistic theories. See also mechanical causality; mechanistic theory.

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