reductionism

English

Noun

reductionism (countable and uncountable; plural reductionisms)

Wikipedia

1. an approach to studying complex systems or ideas by reducing them to a set of simpler components
2. (philosophy) any of several theories holding that complex systems or ideas can always be reduced to a set of simpler components

Related terms

• reductionist

Translations

approach of studying complex systems

• Czech: redukcionismus (cs) m
• French: réductionnisme (fr) m

• Icelandic smættarhyggja (is) f, smættarkenning (is) f, smættunarkenning (is) f

(philosophy) theory holding that complex systems can be reduced to simpler components

• French: réductionnisme (fr) m

See also

• holism