reductionist arguments. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
If I may trade in reductionist stereotypes for a split-second, we like our melodrama here on the subcontinent. From Wordnik.com. [Breakthroughs : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
However, if we allow ourselves to be bogged down in reductionist bickering or sidetracked by provisional arguments, we do a shameful disservice to the children. From Wordnik.com. [Jenifer Fox: Our Time has Come: Hope, Change and Superman] Reference
Of all the descriptive terms used by Ben Goldacre, I think the most striking is 'reductionist' - probably because it seems to be a recurring theme in our society. From Wordnik.com. [jdc325's Weblog] Reference
And that is the prevailing worldview in science and it's called the reductionist worldview. From Wordnik.com. [Deepak Chopra: Interview with Alva Noe, Ph.D.] Reference
One which we can call the reductionist world view which says that consciousness is a byproduct of our brains. From Wordnik.com. [Deepak Chopra: Interview with Alva Noe, Ph.D.] Reference
But what they wanted specifically is totally commensurate with such "reductionist" aims. From Wordnik.com. [Their Taste Level Isn’t At My Waist Level | ATTACKERMAN] Reference
Clichés abound, with adjectives like "reductionist" taking the nature side of the debate and "systemic" favoring the nurture side. From Wordnik.com. [MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory] Reference
Vitalism came to be seen as a mystical and supernatural form of explanation that was in conflict with rational materialistic 'reductionist' explanations. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
That's an interesting report, if too reductionist. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Obama's Lincolnesque Nobel Peace Prize] Reference
To be clear, I am not making a reductionist argument. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Ducat: The Red Bottoms of Red-Staters: How Corporal Punishment Contributes to Right Wing Paranoia] Reference
Templeton reminds us that debates don't have to be reductionist. From Wordnik.com. [Diane Winston: Does the News, oops the Universe, Have a Purpose?] Reference
That's a very reductionist take to be sure, but I still think it's true. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's Patriotism Speech Stresses Life Story, Criticizes MoveOn] Reference
This is part of our reductionist thinking, that the part equals the whole. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Andrew Weil Discusses `Eating Well' - April 5, 2000] Reference
His adaptation of Sebold's novel is moving and suspenseful, if a tad reductionist. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: Movie review: The Lovely Bones and visions of Heaven] Reference
We're all utterly saturated by reason-driven, reductionist science ... and thinking. From Wordnik.com. [Paula Gordon: Dr. Kauffman's Clever Conjecture] Reference
What has come to be called the “reductionist” paradigm was beginning to hold sway. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 2] Reference
The other thing that I think is difficult about this, it's how reductionist it all is. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2009] Reference
An interdisciplinary focus on holistic models must now complement the reductionist program. From Wordnik.com. [Great Transition~ How Do We Get There] Reference
It's the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you'll keep it under control. From Wordnik.com. [senorcoconut Diary Entry] Reference
The "Cute or Creepy" epithet is sensational, reductionist, and undermines thoughtful dialogue. From Wordnik.com. [Tara Neuwirth: Challenging "Sing for Change" Critics] Reference
Unfortunately, the pundits have already seized upon an equally divisive and reductionist theme. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Kurashige: The Future is Now: California's Multiracial Challenge to America] Reference
There's a major ethical issue in the very simplistic reductionist model this technology is based on. From Wordnik.com. [Danielle Nierenberg: An Interview With Phil Bereano: The Complex Ethics of Genetic Engineering] Reference
To the contrary, he's engaging in a too-neat, too reductionist and simplifying review throughout. phil. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
And this reductionist view of politics, I'm afraid, has not yet become part of the change that we can believe in. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Pattakos: Searching for the "Soul" of Government] Reference
Of necessity, medical science has historically taken a reductionist approach to investigating issues of human health. From Wordnik.com. [Larry Malerba, D.O. : What Is the 'Green' Medicine Revolution?] Reference
Franz Wright is superficially judged as a poet of mental illness, or religious belief; how wrong, and how reductionist!. From Wordnik.com. [Anis Shivani: The 10 Best Books of 2009] Reference
That includes intuition, emotions, experience ... and the "meaning" that got written out of the reductionist rulebook long ago. From Wordnik.com. [Paula Gordon: Dr. Kauffman's Clever Conjecture] Reference
Emanuel said that "I don't want to be a reductionist, but the primary problem in health care is the financial incentive system.". From Wordnik.com. [Jack Hidary: Health Care in Crisis: Zeke and Gerard Weigh in Live from Aspen] Reference
I referred, earlier, to the fear of a reductionist effect from associating the word “capital” with nature, humans and society. From Wordnik.com. [Capital] Reference
Since I accused him of flunking Evolution 101, I shouldn't be surprised that he called me an "arrogant evolutionary reductionist.". From Wordnik.com. [David Sloan Wilson: Evolution and War: Basic and Advanced] Reference
Such gene-level (reductionist) thinking was popularized by Richard Dawkins in the 1970s and persists in most molecular evolutionary research. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution] Reference
The assumption that economic welfare as measured by GNP can simply be added to other elements of welfare reflects the reductionist view of reality generally. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 3] Reference
Bellman to Cooper: Would it be reductionist to summarize your position as, "In 2008, for public figures there is functionally no longer any such thing as 'off the record?'". From Wordnik.com. [Jay Rosen: When Bill Clinton Met Mayhill Fowler on the Rope Line] Reference
Ecological and economic systems obviously exhibit the characteristics of living systems, and hence are not well understood using the methods of classical, reductionist science. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 2] Reference
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