Look up: holism


  1. Holism
    The idea that ``the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.'' Holism is credible on the basis of emergence alone, since reductionism and bottom-up descriptions of nature often fail to predict complex higher-level patterns. See also top-down.
    Found op http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/FLAOH/cbnhtml/glossary.html

  2. Holism
    School of thought which suggests that activities or systems should be studied as a whole because they show emergent properties which cannot be predicted by the study of the behaviour of individual components.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20474

  3. holism
    In philosophy, the concept that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. holism
    1. The principle that an organism, or one of its actions, is not equal to merely the sum of its parts but must be perceived or studied as a whole. ... 2. The approach to the study of a psychological phenomenon through the analysis of a phenomenon as a complete entity in itself. ... Compare: atomism....
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?holism

  5. holism
    holistic theory noun the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole; `holism holds that the whole is greater than the sum of its...
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=holism

  6. holism
    (from the article `physical science, principles of`) ...systematic procedure he knows, and it is one that has yielded virtually the whole harvest of scientific inquiry. What is set up as a contrast to ... Atomism is in essence an analytical doctrine. It regards observable forms in nature not as intr...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/62

  7. holism
    Type: Term Pronunciation: hō′lizm Definitions: 1. The principle that an organism, or one of its actions, is not equal to merely the sum of its parts but must be perceived or studied as a whole. 2. The approach to the study of a psychological phenomenon through the analysis of a phenomenon...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=41239

  8. Holism
    Holism (from ὂλος holos, a Greek word meaning all, whole, entire, total) , is the idea that natural systems (physical, biological, chemical, social, economic, mental, linguistic, etc.) and their properties, should be viewed as wholes, not as collections of parts. This often includes the view t...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holism

  9. holism
    The idea that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Holism is credible on the basis of emergence alone, since reductionism and bottom-up descriptions of nature often fail to predict complex higher-level patterns.
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/H/holism.html

  10. Holism
    See Emergent Evolutionism.
    Found op http://www.ditext.com/runes/h.html

  11. holism
    In philosophy, the concept that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0014191.html

  12. holism
    1) 'total patient' philosophy 2) Holistic theory 3) Modern medical philosophy 4) Theory 5) Theory introduced by jan smuts
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/holism/1

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