Reductionism

Reductionism is any of several related philosophical ideas regarding the associations between phenomena which can be described in terms of other simpler or more fundamental phenomena. It is also described as an intellectual and philosophical position that interprets a complex system as the sum of its parts.

Not to be confused with the reductionist experimental music genre.
For term used phenomenological tradition in Western philosophy, see phenomenological reduction.
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