anti-reductionist
adjective
sciencespecialized(alsoantireductionist)uk/ˌæn.ti.rɪˈdʌk.ʃən.ɪst/us/ˌæn.taɪ.rɪˈdʌk.ʃən.ɪst/opposedto theideasofreductionism(= thepracticeofconsideringorpresentingsomethingcomplicatedin asimpleway,especiallya way that is toosimple):
Hetakeswhat hecallsan anti-reductionistviewofbiologicalsystems.
- The antireductionistviewofgeneticsis of a two-tieredscience.
- Thisseemstocontradicthis own antireductionistarguments.
- Awaveofrecentworkinmetaphysicsseekstounderminethe anti-reductionistconsensusof the past fewdecadesincognitivescience.
- Hebecameacentralfigurein the anti-reductionistmovementwithin thebiologicalsciences.
Elaborating, specifying and simplifying
- abstract
- anti-reductionism
- 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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anti-reductionist
noun[C]
sciencespecialized(alsoantireductionist)uk/ˌæn.ti.rɪˈdʌk.ʃən.ɪst/us/ˌæn.taɪ.rɪˈdʌk.ʃən.ɪst/someone whoopposestheideasofreductionism(= thepracticeofconsideringorpresentingsomethingcomplicatedin asimpleway,especiallya way that is toosimple):
He is often charaterized as an anti-reductionist.
Thehistoryofbiologyismarkedby thecontinuingdebatebetween reductionists and antireductionists
- How might an anti-reductionistsupportthisclaim?
- Inparticular, theydefendthemselves against antireductionists.
Elaborating, specifying and simplifying
- abstract
- anti-reductionism
- 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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Philosophy