Parareductive
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The term "parareductive" means "by the side of reductionism," or more generally, "not exclusively reductionist." Reductionism is a research philosophy that presumes breaking things into smaller pieces is the most fruitful way to yield useful empirical data. The reductive approach also suggests that phenomena are the total of their physical parts. All function, including the human mind, can be understood by peering into the smaller: microscopic, molecular, atomic, and subatomic worlds. Reductionism has always been a research staple of the natural sciences. While reductive approaches have indeed yielded a great deal of scientific data and research, there are other approaches which can yield scientific insights that reduction cannot.
Without a doubt, a researcher can yield useful data by breaking things apart. Reductive research is almost always a good first step. New and innovative approaches must be graphed with reductive techniques, reduction often serving as a beginning point, while considering other potential "macro" sources of data. Systems biology, holism, structuralism, irreducible complexity and telic evolution are examples of parareductive approaches.
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Theoria
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ALL (Undergraduate, Graduate, Doctorate, Postdoctorate)
Definition (?)
- Explore reductionism in science and seek out other reliable means of gathering data.
Objectives (?)
- Formulate new methods of research which utilize and surpass reductionism.
Questions (?)
- What other ways of gathering useful data are there besides reductionism?
Keywords (?)
para-reductivie research, para-reduction, reductionism, reductive methods, whole, parts, synergy
Monographs (?)
The Way of the Cell, Franklin Harold, 2001, ISBN 0195135121.
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