ANTIREDUCTIONISM Antonyms

• a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality

• the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element

• (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations

• an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality

• the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)

• a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness

• the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

• the state of being actual or real

• (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived

• an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

• (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

• a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components

• the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents

• The view that objects have properties that are essential to them.

• The view that all members of certain groups of people (such as those with the same race, gender, age, or sexual orientation) have common, essential traits inherent to the defining feature of the group; behavior or statement(s) that reflect such a view.

• The doctrine that there are certain traditional concepts, values, and skills that are essential to society and should be taught to all students.

• A lifestyle that seeks to minimize nonessentials in order to focus on what is important.

• The theory that human beings are by nature (i.e. essentially) good and that evil is the product of society.

• The belief that the scientific method and the assumptions and research methods of the physical sciences are applicable to all other disciplines (such as the humanities and social sciences), or that those other disciplines are not as valuable.

• The belief that all truth is exclusively discovered through science.