Reductionism refers to the idea of explaining complex things by breaking them down into smaller, simpler parts. It suggests that understanding the function and behavior of these smaller components means understanding the whole. Full definition
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Many students of humanity are willing for reductionism to have its way in the rest of the world, but most are determined to adopt a quite different approach in the study of human beings. (religion-online.org)
Also, Leclerc's critique ignores other features of Whitehead's way of overcoming reductionism which were discussed in Section II. (religion-online.org)
But the same violation of simple logic is present in biological reductionism as we have seen in the case of attempts to reduce mental achievements. (religion-online.org)