anti-reductionism
noun[U]
sciencespecialized(alsoantireductionism)uk/ˌæn.ti.rɪˈdʌk.ʃən.ɪ.zəm/us/ˌæn.taɪ.rɪˈdʌk.ʃən.ɪ.zəm/beliefsthat areopposedtoreductionism(= thepracticeofconsideringorpresentingsomethingcomplicatedin asimpleway,especiallya way that is toosimple):
Epistemological antireductionism is therecognitionthat somephenomenaare toocomplexto becomprehendedbyhumanintelligence.
- Thomas Nagelpresentedataxonomyof antireductionism.
- Thedebatebetween reductionism and antireductionismcentresaround whetherscienceslikepsychologyare inprincipleeventuallyreducible tophysics.
- Anti-reductionism is at thejunctionbetweenphilosophyandscience.
- SeeGreenfor anoverviewofargumentsfor and against anti-reductionism.
Elaborating, specifying and simplifying
- abstract
- anti-reductionist
- broad brush
- broaden
- complicate
- enlarge on/uponsomething
- expand
- expand onsomething
- expansively
- expansiveness
- overgeneralization
- overgeneralize
- oversimplification
- oversimplify
- predigested
- specificity
- specify
- split hairsidiom
- standardization
- standardize
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