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Categories: Emergence, Holism, Social theories, Jan Smuts, Philosophical theories
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holism  holistic theory  anti-reductionism  antireductionsim  holiatry
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The theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole WordNet 3.0
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The theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Holism is the interdisciplinary idea that systems possess properties as wholes apart from the properties of their component parts. Wikipedia
The idea that systems and their properties should be viewed as wholes, not just as a collection of parts Wikipedia Disambiguation
Philosophical position that systems should be analyzed as wholes, not just as collections of parts Wikidata
A theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Wiktionary
Theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Wiktionary (translation)
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Holism holds that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Holistic theory has been applied to ecology and language and mental states WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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