Reductionism
Origin: Lat. reductĭo, -ōnis, -ismus, Gr. -ισμός
An approach to understanding of complex things by dividing them into more elemental, fundamental, or simpler components, The hope, which is not always realized, is that understanding the components will lead to understanding of the whole. This process of division can apply to concepts, machines, phenomena, or indeed to anything. Optimizing the components, however, does not always lead to an optimized system that contains those optimized elements.
Spanish: Reduccionismo
Sources and references
- A. Juarrero, “Causality as Constraint “view
- Slaughter, Richard A. “Glossary of future terms.”cited 79 times
- Cornish, Edward. “Futuring: The Exploration of the Future.”cited 13 times
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