Mechanism and mechanism are two concepts that are often easily confused. In terms of meaning, mechanism focuses on "reason", which means principle, truth, theory and so on. The mechanism focuses on "system", which indicates the relationship, conditions and constraints.
The original meaning of the word "mechanism" refers to the structure and action principle of the machine, which can be interpreted from the following two aspects: first, which parts are made up of the machine and why; The second is how the machine works and why it works like this. Later, the "mechanism" extended to the structure, function and relationship of organisms.
"Mechanism" refers to the process and way in which organisms interact among organizations in a working system, and has been widely used in various fields, including social sciences. For example, "mechanism" is often mentioned in many seminars and media, which is a generalization and migration.
"Mechanism" usually refers to the practice that the system plays a role, and the mechanism realizes its specific function through the interaction of various components within the system in a certain way. In this sense, the operating rules of the mechanism are artificially set and have strong sociality. Such as competition mechanism, market mechanism and incentive mechanism. Different fields have different operating mechanisms.
Biology and medicine borrowed this word by analogy. Their "mechanism" is the function of organisms (including people), and they also understand their internal working methods, including the interrelationships of various components of biological structures and the physical and chemical properties of various changes that occurred during them (Jiang Wei and Xu Qingrui: Concept, Content and Mode of Enterprise Technological Innovation Mechanism, 1999,1.
In social science, "mechanism" can be expressed as "the concrete operation mode of coordinating the relationship between various parts to play a better role on the premise of facing up to the existence of various parts of things". In economic research, the term "economic mechanism" is used to express the relationship and function of various components in an economy.
To understand the concept of "mechanism", the most important thing is to grasp two points. First, the existence of all parts of a thing is the premise of the existence of a mechanism. Because a thing has various parts, there is a problem of how to coordinate the relationship between the parts. Second, it must be a specific operation mode to coordinate the relationship between various parts; The mechanism is to connect all parts of things in a certain way to coordinate their work, which often implies human organizational factors.
"Mechanism" refers to the reasons and reasons why things change. From the concept analysis of mechanism, mechanism includes two aspects: formation factors and the relationship between formation factors. Its principle refers to the internal working mode of each element in a certain system structure and the operating rules and principles of each element in order to realize a certain function under certain environmental conditions. "Mechanism" is also often used to describe the formation and development process of natural substances.
The difference between the two is that the mechanism is a system or system, and it is a whole formed under the framework. "Mechanism" refers to the generalization of things by organisms, focusing on the relationship between the internal parts of things, which generally includes artificial organizational factors. Mechanism is just an idea or logical principle, which consists of related theories, data and facts. As a part of the mechanism, it generally does not include artificial organizational factors.
If it is to analyze the structure, behavior and relationship of various elements of an organism system, the two can be used universally. If you are emphasizing the operating principle of the internal elements of the biological system and highlighting the theoretical explanation, generally use "mechanism"; If we emphasize the influence of the elements of the biological system on other elements or the whole system and highlight the functions or rules of the system, we generally use "mechanism".