reductionism

Noun
  1. A theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components (synset 105790560)
    is a type of: theory - a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
  2. The analysis of complex things into simpler constituents (synset 105790445)
    is a type of: analysis, analytic thinking - the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations

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