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• n  (psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association
• n  (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles

• Did this mean that the wonderful dream of logical atomism--a science of meanings was hopeless? Or that there was much less to be said than one might have thought?.
• Did this mean that the wonderful dream of logical atomism--a science of meanings--was hopeless? Or that there was much less to be said than one might have thought?.

• atomic theory
• atomist theory
• atomistic theory

• holism