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Holism and Reductionism within Applied Behavioral Science: The Problem of Clinical Medicine
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This article addresses the debate within the applied behavioral sciences over two paradigms:holism versus reductionism. A review of the literature reveals substantial support for the holistic approach, but most of the applied perspectives employed by policy practitioners are reductionist in character. Through a "sociology of knowledge" evaluation of clinical medicine-one of the most successful applied behavioral sciences-the prevalence of reductionism is related to several social structural factors, including the organizational and normative structure of the practitioner group and the broader interest structure of society. The author presents evidence indicating that the same factors account for the predominance of reductionism in all applied behavioral sciences.
Title: Holism and Reductionism within Applied Behavioral Science: The Problem of Clinical Medicine
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This article addresses the debate within the applied behavioral sciences over two paradigms:holism versus reductionism.
A review of the literature reveals substantial support for the holistic approach, but most of the applied perspectives employed by policy practitioners are reductionist in character.
Through a "sociology of knowledge" evaluation of clinical medicine-one of the most successful applied behavioral sciences-the prevalence of reductionism is related to several social structural factors, including the organizational and normative structure of the practitioner group and the broader interest structure of society.
The author presents evidence indicating that the same factors account for the predominance of reductionism in all applied behavioral sciences.
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