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Extraordinary Claims => Religion General Discussion => Topic started by: Contemporary Protestant on May 07, 2014, 04:37:14 PM

Title: Holism or reductionism
Post by: Contemporary Protestant on May 07, 2014, 04:37:14 PM
Holism or reductionism
Title: Re: Holism or reductionism
Post by: stromboli on May 07, 2014, 05:14:29 PM
Well, you're talking psychology here, so I'd say you will get a mixed response. I think I'd lean to holistic, but I never had to cure anybody from being a psychotic mass murderer, so don't go by me.
Title: Re: Holism or reductionism
Post by: Solitary on May 08, 2014, 01:30:30 PM
As for understanding the universe reductionism. In other words bottom up thinking and not top down thinking with a mental God at the top down to the world being mental with us in the mind of God. Unless you are Deepak Chopra, Casparov, and New Age philosophers who have not contributed anything to the advancement of science, and are holding it back with their nonsense.  :wall: Solitary 
Title: Re: Holism or reductionism
Post by: the_antithesis on May 10, 2014, 09:38:42 AM
What?
Title: Re: Holism or reductionism
Post by: Contemporary Protestant on May 10, 2014, 11:28:58 AM
Reductionism: something is only worth the sum of its parts

Holism: A whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Title: Re: Holism or reductionism
Post by: the_antithesis on May 10, 2014, 11:53:27 AM
What's the term for the whole being worth less than the sum of it's parts?
Title: Re: Holism or reductionism
Post by: Contemporary Protestant on May 10, 2014, 01:11:46 PM
Not sure, but I wouldn't buy something like that
Title: Re: Holism or reductionism
Post by: the_antithesis on May 10, 2014, 01:14:23 PM
Quote from: Contemporary Protestant on May 10, 2014, 01:11:46 PM
Not sure, but I wouldn't buy something like that

Oh, come now. There must be a reason why otherwise talented cast and crews wind up making terrible movies.
Title: Re: Holism or reductionism
Post by: ApostateLois on May 10, 2014, 01:28:24 PM
I thought Holism was the worship of things with lots of holes.