What principle is related to "emergentism"?
Divine intervention
The whole is greater
Pure chance
Absolute reductionism
Answer
Emergentism holds that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It recognizes that complex systems can exhibit properties that cannot be reduced to or predicted from the properties of their individual components. This principle underscores the idea that new and unpredictable phenomena can arise from the interactions of multiple elements within a system.
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