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Holism or reductionism

Started by Contemporary Protestant, May 07, 2014, 04:37:14 PM

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Contemporary Protestant


stromboli

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.

Solitary

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 
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

the_antithesis


Contemporary Protestant

Reductionism: something is only worth the sum of its parts

Holism: A whole is greater than the sum of its parts

the_antithesis

What's the term for the whole being worth less than the sum of it's parts?

Contemporary Protestant

Not sure, but I wouldn't buy something like that

the_antithesis

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.

ApostateLois

I thought Holism was the worship of things with lots of holes.
"Now we see through a glass dumbly." ~Crow, MST3K #903, "Puma Man"