What is a "Working Mechanism"? The Most Authoritative Explanation.

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What is a "Working Mechanism"? The Most Authoritative Explanation.

What is the difference between a machine and a mechanism?

One machine might contain multiple mechanisms (a car, for example, has mechanisms for braking, propulsion, playing music and climate control). Machines are also capable of being both active and passive (a stopped clock is still a machine); mechanisms, in contrast, have a productive aspect and are always doing something.

What are the components of a mechanism?

The components in a mechanism are components in virtue of being relevant to the phenomenon. MDC (2000) describe mechanisms as working from start- or set-up conditions to termination conditions.

What happens when you start talking about types of mechanisms?

And once one starts talking about types of mechanisms, one is back in the business of formulating general regularities about how mechanisms work.

What is the characteristic organization of a mechanism?

The characteristic organization of mechanisms is itself the subject of considerable discussion. Wimsatt (1997) contrasts mechanistic organization with aggregation, a distinction that mechanists have used to articulate how the parts of a mechanism are organized together to form a whole (see Craver 2001b).

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