Atomicism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Atomicism is a noun meaning (philosophy) Atomism.
Meaning
(philosophy) Atomism.
More Meanings
- The view that a system as is composed of separable, independent, self-contained units that can be examined and manipulated individually.
Example Sentences
A consciousness which has got rid of the thought of absolute being would become a prey to endless atomicism and dissolution .
The third pair of presuppositions concerns methodology: methodological individualism or atomicism versus holism or organicism.
In the history of knowledge, atomicism has been the moving force behind the vast majority of scientific breakthroughs, especially in physics and mechanics.
But Cassirer may help us to realize that it is not geneticism alone that is being surpassed: a certain "atomicism” —i.e., the isolation of the single parts of a system — is also under general attack.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include atomology, atomism, atomist, atomistics, henism, onomatomancy.
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