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reductionism
Noun
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Japanese Meaning
還元主義：複雑なシステムや概念を、より単純な要素に分解して理解しようとする思想・方法論
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(philosophy)
A
philosophical
position
which
holds
that
a
complex
system
is
nothing
but
the
sum
of
its
parts,
and
that
an
account
of
it
can
be
reduced
to
accounts
of
individual
constituents.
In
a
reductionist
framework,
the
phenomena
that
can
be
explained
completely
in
terms
of
relations
between
other
more
fundamental
phenomena,
are
called
"epiphenomena".
（ plural ）
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An approach to studying complex systems or ideas by reducing them to a set of simpler components.
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reductionism
Many scientists argue that reductionism can be useful in experiments, but it often fails to capture the emergent properties of complex systems.
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Many scientists argue that reductionism can be useful in experiments, but it often fails to capture the emergent properties of complex systems.
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