Aristotle summed up the general principle of holism in Metaphysics: "The whole is more than the sum of its parts." The opposite view -- that a complex system is no more than the sum of its component parts -- is known as reductionism.
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Paul Allen served as a Senior Consultant in Cutter Consortium's Business & Enterprise Architecture practice. Prior to retiring, Mr. Allen worked for more than 35 years in most areas of IT. He earned international recognition for his pioneering work in the application of component-based development (CBD) and service-oriented architecture (SOA) to achieve practical business value. Mr. Allen focused on the cultural aspects of enterprise SOA… Read More
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