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'''Reductionism''' is a way of thinking which seeks clarity by reducing variables. It is the paradigm employed by western science and technology. Reductionism as a philosophical position holds that a complex system is nothing but the sum of its parts, and that an account of it can be reduced to accounts of individual constituents.
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It is in contrast to [[holism]].

Revision as of 08:22, 10 January 2015

Reductionism is a way of thinking which seeks clarity by reducing variables. It is the paradigm employed by western science and technology. Reductionism as a philosophical position holds that a complex system is nothing but the sum of its parts, and that an account of it can be reduced to accounts of individual constituents.

It is in contrast to holism.