organicism -
theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes
scientific theory a theory that explains scientific observations; "scientific theories must be falsifiable"
holism,
holistic theory the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole; "holism holds that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts"; "holistic theory has been applied to ecology and language and mental states"
