Holism concept

Holism is a controversial issue. Some holists maintain that the smallest unit which can be understood in itself is a comprehensive theory or the whole language. Some of their adversaries allege that all concepts can be understood on their own. My position is in between. And it is not part of it which party is more right than the other one. 

In summary of the discussion above, systemic analyses are needed to detect patterns across multiple scales in both the spatial (e.g., molecules to cells to tissues) and temporal (e.g., nanoseconds to hours to years) dimensions. Based on such understanding, systems and dynamical medicine can be developed with the emphasis on the whole systems that change over time to address the nonlinearity and interconnectivity toward a holistic and proactive care. Here, the word systems underscores the concept of holism, and the term of dynamical medicine highlights the variations with the interwoven and integration of the spatial and temporal scopes see Fig. 2). 

In contrast, on the view defended here, it is semantic features of expressions that give rise to diversity. Directionality is accounted for in these terms. According to holism, it is standing in a relation to scientific theories that give rise to diversity -any ontological conception of reduction turns out to be merely derivative upon a concept of theory reduction. Similarly, directionality will be accounted for in terms of differences between theories. This view is widespread. But why to come up with the idea that theory-reduction is more basic in the first place ... 

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