3-1a4a1 The whole must be evoked in explaining the parts

“Experience has taught me, and must have taught you, that the most trivial, commonplace and seemingly irrelevant facts have a way of suddenly assuming a crucial importance by connecting, explaining or filling in the detail of later discoveries.” – Dr. Thorndyke

Related:

• 1-1a4c1 Emergence is another beginning of infinity. Knowledge is based on and consists of emergent phenomena.

• 1-1a4c2 The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

• 4-1d0 Look at the whole of conversations, including how things are being said as well as what’s not being said (e.g., taboos)

• 10-2f1 Chomsky’s UG approach only looks at a subset (syntax) of a subset (language) of the whole (communication system — ‘the gestalt’). Syntax is only secondary to conversation.

• 11-3a Explanation of equity market requires knowing about other parts of market. Explanation of market in general requires knowing about non-market bits.