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passage 4
P1
Scientists typically advocate the analytic method of studying complex systems: systems are divided into component parts that are investigated separately. ███
Scientists' perspective ·
Analytic method
For complex systems, divide into component parts and study each part.
Critics' perspective ·
System loses complexity when parts are studied separately
Critics' new concept ·
Organicism
The whole determines the parts, and the parts are interdependent. ("Perceived" weaknesses suggests author will later say these weaknesses in analytic method were not real.)
P2
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Basis of organicism ·
Theory of internal relations
Entities have relationships with each other only if they're part of a whole that contains the entities. Relationships alter each entity, and relationships determine defining characteristics of an entity.
P3
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Critique of internal relations theory ·
Not all characteristics of an entity define that entity
Entities can have relationships that don't change the entities.
P4
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Additional critique of internal relations theory ·
Makes acquiring knowledge impossible
According to the theory, to known an entity, you have to know all of its relationships. But that seems impossible to do.
P5
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Origin of organicism ·
Didn't understand the analytic method
Analytic method doesn't involve studying individual parts in complete isolation from the whole. Scientists still studied laws and initial conditions of the whole system.
Main point ·
Rejection of organicism
No valid reason to abandon analytic method. Organicists didn't show that we can't discover the laws and initial conditions of complex systems.
Passage Style
Critique or debate
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