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Atomistic

Atomistic \At`om*is"tic\, a.

  1. Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism. [R.]

    It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis.
    --Coleridge.

  2. divided into separate and often disparate elements; -- the opposite of holistic.

    Syn: atomistical.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
atomistic

1809, in reference to the classical philosophical doctrine of atomism (1670s); modern philosophical sense (logical atomism) traces to 1914 and Bertrand Russell.

Wiktionary
atomistic

a. 1 Of or pertaining to atoms or to atomism 2 Divided into separate elements; not holistic 3 (context economics English) ''(said of a market)'' divided such that no single actor can noticeably affect market-wide values such as the price; competitive

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atomistic

adj. divided into separate and often disparate elements [syn: atomistical] [ant: holistic]

Usage examples of "atomistic".

And this is precisely, as we have seen, the fundamental Enlightenment paradigm: a perfectly holistic world that leaves a perfectly atomistic self.

Emptiness, and not through a regressive dissolution of dialogical intersubjectivity into atomistic monological states and reductionistic mindless cognitive mechanism, the path the authors all too often stray into.

It fails to see that if we take a bunch of egos with atomistic concepts and teach them that the universe is holistic, all we will actually get is a bunch of egos with holistic concepts.

The transformative question is: who or what is aware of both holistic and atomistic concepts?

Witness of those concepts, a Witness that itself is neither holistic nor atomistic, see here the Witness dissolve in an Emptiness that embraces the entire Kosmos.

Our knowledge needs to be integrated and unified, rather than split into little atomistic books.

Dalton had established, purely hypothetically, the theory of the atomistic structure of matter, scientific research was led to the observation of actual atomistic phenomena.

Knowing that the appearance of electricity depends on a process of atomization of some sort, we shall expect that where electricity becomes freely observable, it will yield phenomena of an atomistic kind.

The observations of electricity in a vacuum, therefore, yield no confirmation whatsoever of the atomistic view of matter.

It is possible that their atomistic view of man is the oldest known religious theory.

I would argue, however, that the nature of consciousness does not intrinsically conform either to a field theory or an atomistic theory.

Thus, while certain features of consciousness may be perceived only within the conceptual framework of a field theory, others may be observed only in terms of an atomistic theory.

But, leaving aside all such incidental speculations, the chief interest of the dynamic atomistic or monad theory, as affording a solid basis for immortality, is in relation to the arrogance of a shallow and conceited materialism.

If nothing else, Terra was the data bank, as complete as flesh and atomistics could achieve.

It fails to see that if we take a bunch of egos with atomistic concepts and teach them that the universe is holistic, all we will actually get is a bunch of egos with holistic concepts.