Holism
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== Definitions == | == Definitions == | ||
| - | * | + | *the view that parts of a [[system]] have significance mostly in virtue of their interrelations with other parts. [[http://philosophy.uwaterloo.ca/MindDict/index.html Dict. of Philosophy of Mind]] |
| - | * | + | *the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole. [[http://wordnet.princeton.edu/ WorldNet]] |
Current revision as of 10:18, 30 July 2006
Definitions
- the view that parts of a system have significance mostly in virtue of their interrelations with other parts. [Dict. of Philosophy of Mind]
- the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole. [WorldNet]
Adjective: holistic
