InPhilosophy,logical holismis the belief that the world operates in such a way that no part can be known without the whole being known first.
Theoretical holismis a theory inphilosophy of science,that a theory of science can only be understood in its entirety, introduced byPierre Duhem.Different total theories of science are understood by making themcommensurableallowing statements in one theory to be converted to sentences in another.[1]: II Richard Rortyargued that when two theories are incompatible a process ofhermeneuticsis necessary.[1]: II
Practical holismis a concept in the work ofMartin Heideggerthan posits it not possible to produce a complete understanding of one's own experience of reality because your mode of existence is embedded in cultural practices, the constraints of the task that you are doing.[1]: III
Bertrand Russellconcluded that "Hegel'sdialecticallogical holism should be dismissed in favour of the new logic ofpropositional analysis."[2]and introduced a form oflogical atomism.[3]
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edit- ^abcDreyfus, Hubert L. (1980)."Holism and Hermeneutics".The Review of Metaphysics.34(1): 3–23.ISSN0034-6632.JSTOR20127455.
- ^Michael Baur (ed.),G. W. F. Hegel: Key Concepts,Routledge, 2015, p. 193.
- ^Russell, Bertrand (2009-09-10).The Philosophy of Logical Atomism.Routledge.ISBN978-1-135-22318-2.
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