Chapter 10. Holism: What is a whole?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments viii
4. Foreword ix
5. Introduction 1
6. First part: Background
7. Chapter 1. The question of boundaries 13
8. Chapter 2. The Eurasianist movement 24
9. Second part: Closure
10. Chapter 3. The space factor 63
11. Chapter 4. Continuous and discontinuous 91
12. Chapter 5. Evolutionism or diffusionism? 115
13. Third part: Nature
14. Chapter 6. Affinities 141
15. Chapter 7. The biological model 159
16. Chapter 8. The theory of correspondences 175
17. Fourth part: Science
18. Chapter 9. Personology and synthesizing the sciences 211
19. Chapter 10. Holism: What is a whole? 230
20. Conclusion 253
21. Appendix 259
22. Bibliography 261
23. Index of names 281
24. Index of subjects 290