reductionism

詳細解釋：

re.duc.tion.ism

n.（名詞）
An attempt or a tendency to explain complex phenomena or structures by relatively simple principles, as by asserting that life processes or mental acts are instances of chemical and physical laws:
簡化論：用相對簡單的原理解釋複雜現象或結構的企圖或趨勢，這種理論認為生命過程或思維活動是遵循物理和化學法則的：
例句：
.Our educational system has had a dangerous predilection for reductionism—an addiction to the primary, the elementary.(Frederick Turner)
.我們的教育體系向執迷於原始的、基礎的簡化論進行危險的導向.(弗雷德里克·特納)

【引伸】
reduc.tionist
adj.（形容詞）
n.（名詞）
reduc.tionis.tic
adj.（形容詞）