atomistic
Adjective
Meaning
Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism.
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Who sees the future? Let us have free scope for all directions of research; away with dogmatism, either atomistic or anti-atomistic!
It appears dubious whether a field theory can account for the atomistic structure of matter and radiation as well as of quantum phenomena.
Analogously, Sraffa was rebutting the Neoclassical paradigm which was similarly atomistic, individualistic and derivational (see Criticisms of neoclassical economics ).
Describing a system using statistical mechanics methods is much simpler than using a low-level atomistic approach.
The "invisible hand" only works well when both production and consumption operates in free markets, with small ("atomistic") producers and consumers allowing supply and demand to fluctuate and equilibrate.
Hegel's position is perhaps best illuminated when contrasted against the atomistic and reductionist opinion of human societies and social activities self-defining on an ad hoc basis through the sum of dozens of interactions.