1) Scientific theory
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Organicism is the philosophical perspective which views the universe and its parts as organic wholes and - either by analogy or literally - as living organisms. It can be synonymous with holism. Organicism is an important tradition within the history of natural philosophy where it has remained as a vital current alongside reductionism and mechanis...
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conception of life or society as an organism
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• (n.) The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which refers it always to a material lesion of an organ.
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(from the article `nature, philosophy of`) The basic claim of organicism is that organisms must be interpreted as functioning wholes and cannot be understood by means of physics and chemistry ...
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In political philosophy, a theory about the nature of the state, describing and explaining the state in terms of a living organism. The theory owes much to the ancient Greek political philosophers,...
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Or·gan'i·cism noun (Medicine) The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which refers it always to a material lesion of an organ.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ōr-gan′i-sizm Definitions: 1. A theory that attributes all diseases, especially all mental disorders, as organic in origin.
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philosophical orientation that asserts that reality is best understood as an organic whole. By definition it is close to holism. Benedict Spinoza and Constantin Brunner are two philosophers whose thought is best understood as organicist.
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n] - theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes
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organicism, organicist, organicistic 1. In medicine, the theory that all diseases are due to structural changes in the body's organs. 2. In social sciences, the theory that society is analogous to, or shares characteristics with, living organisms.
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noun theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes
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A theory of biology that life consists in the organization or dynamic system of the organism. Opposed to mechanism and vitalism. -- J.K.F.
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the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Cf. · the doctrine that all symptoms arise from organic disease. · a view of society as an autonomous entity analogous to and following the same developmental pattern as a biological organism.
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