atomism

As nouns the difference between atomism and atomicity

is that atomism is (philosophy) the ancient greek theory that all matter is composed of very small indestructible and indivisible particles while atomicity is (uncountable) the quality or state of being atomic—of being indivisible.

In philosophy|lang=en terms the difference between empiricism and atomism

is that empiricism is (philosophy) a doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses (often contrasted with rationalism)dictionary of philosophy'', (ed), macmillan, 1967 ''see: "empiricism" by d w hamlyn, vol 2, pp 499-505 while atomism is (philosophy) the doctrine that society arises from individuals and that larger structures are unimportant.

As nouns the difference between empiricism and atomism

is that empiricism is a pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation while atomism is (philosophy) the ancient greek theory that all matter is composed of very small indestructible and indivisible particles.

As nouns the difference between atomism and individualism

is that atomism is (philosophy) the ancient greek theory that all matter is composed of very small indestructible and indivisible particles while individualism is the tendency for a person to act without reference to others, particularly in matters of style, fashion or mode of thought.

As nouns the difference between atomism and holism

is that atomism is the ancient Greek theory that all matter is composed of very small indestructible and indivisible particles while holism is a theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

As a noun atomism

is (philosophy) the ancient greek theory that all matter is composed of very small indestructible and indivisible particles.

As a verb atomise is

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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and atomism

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while atomism is (philosophy) the ancient greek theory that all matter is composed of very small indestructible and indivisible particles.

As a noun atomism

is (philosophy) the ancient greek theory that all matter is composed of very small indestructible and indivisible particles.

As an adverb atomistically is

in an atomistic manner.